William Evans

Under a steady rain, the flag-draped casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was carried into a Massachusetts church on Thursday as dozens of state police troopers stood in the street and saluted. Mourners followed the casket into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams for a private funeral Mass, which was to be followed by burial at Bellevue...

Under a steady rain, the flag-draped casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was carried into a Massachusetts church on Thursday as dozens of state police troopers stood in the street and saluted.

Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans, who grew up in Massachusetts, lied in honor Tuesday after being killed in an attack on April 2.

President Joe Biden says “never has there been more strain” on the U.S. Capitol Police as he honored Officer William “Billy” Evans, the second officer to die in the line of duty this year

“I’ve had many younger officers confide in me that they’re actively looking at other agencies and departments right now,” Capitol Police Union Chairman Gus Papathanasiou said.

Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans, who spent 18 years on the U.S. Capitol Police force, was killed in an attack Friday. Rep. Richard Neal said Evans is a native of western Massachusetts, while one of Evans’ longtime friends says he grew up in North Adams and had two young children.

The Boston College campus is on alert after reports of a suspicious man peering into windows of a residence hall.

Two aides of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh were found guilty of conspiracy to commit extortion on Wednesday after prosecutors accused them of bullying organizers of a music festival into hiring union laborers. While the city’s tourism chief Kenneth Brissette and its head of intergovernmental affairs Timothy Sullivan were both found guilty of conspiracy to commit extortion, Brisette was found guilty...

The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of two Boston city officials accused of bullying organizers of a music festival into hiring union laborers. Prosecutor Laura Kaplan said Boston Calling organizers were pressured to hire union workers to appease the people who “helped to elect their pro-union boss,” a reference to Mayor Marty Walsh.

The defense rested in the Boston Calling music festival extortion trial Monday, after former Boston Police Commissioner William Evans testified. Two former aides of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh were accused in federal court of bullying organizers of the into hiring union workers at the festival by saying that, if they didn’t hire union workers, workers would picket.

Nearly 200 Boston police officers have begun wearing body cameras on duty in a reported effort to enhance transparency and strengthen public trust.

Nearly 200 Boston police officers have begun wearing body cameras on duty in a reported effort to enhance transparency and strengthen public trust.

A Boston Police captain has been placed on administrative leave.

Massachusetts State Police announced Monday they have begun a 6-month body camera pilot program. The program will consist of devices from several vendors which will be tested by 100 state troopers. The purpose of the cameras is to provide accountability and accuracy for troopers during public interactions and increase trooper safety.

Police are investigating a shooting Saturday afternoon in Roxbury where a man was shot and killed.