ATTORNEY GENERAL

New U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is condemning Monday's riots in Baltimore as "senseless acts of violence." In remarks at the Justice Department, Lynch said the riots were a grave danger to the community and counterproductive to the goal of developing a respectful conversation about the way law enforcement officers interact with the residents they serve and protect...

Associated Press) - Attorney General Maura Healey says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail. Jurors in the federal trial began deliberating Tuesday. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys said Tsarnaev must be held accountable for participating in the attack...

Concerns that casinos could lead to greater criminal activity led Massachusetts' top prosecutor to urge the state's gambling overseers to come up with regulations combating money laundering, human trafficking and other illicit activities...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal rule aimed at reducing mercury and other pollutants from coal and oil-fired electric power plants. Healey said the standards adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency are needed to protect the public from exposure to mercury which can be particularly hazardous to children and women of child-bearin

Attorney General Maura Healey is proposing regulations that would ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. The regulation would also prohibit free giveaways of the devices and require they be kept out of the reach of customers...

Maura Healey has been sworn in as the state's 55th attorney general. Healey took her oath of Wednesday afternoon during a ceremony at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants administered the oath...

In honor of the late Martin Luther King Jr, the city of New Bedford celebrates his memory with a day of remembrance.

Republican Charlie Baker has been elected governor of Massachusetts, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley and three independent candidates to reclaim the state's top political office for the GOP. The 57-year-old Baker is the former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care...

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says he won't replace retiring U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. At an event today, the Governor released a statement saying the AG position is an important job, but not for him right now. There was speculation Patrick could be tapped for the job because of his close relationship with the President...

Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce his retirement today. The nation's first black attorney general has been in office since early 2009. The 63-year old Holder has had a rocky relationship with congressional Republicans and has frequently clashed with California Republican Darrell Issa ], chairman of the House Oversight Committee...