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Fall River Police have released more details on an incident this morning in which a man was reportedly shot and killed by responding officers.

A Brockton man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in the 2013 stabbing death of a teenager during a home invasion.

A New Bedford woman was found dead of a suspected overdose Tuesday afternoon.

The death of an 8-year-old boy in a Wareham boating accident this past summer has been ruled accidental, and no criminal charges will be filed, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced.

The New Bedford City Council may lend their support to a measure proposed by Governor Charlie Baker.

A New Bedford man is dead after being placed into protective custody by New Bedford Police.

The number of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts has increased each year since 2010, but new figures from the first half of this year offer some signs of motion in the opposite direction.

FALL RIVER - An elderly woman has died following an early morning fire in her Fall River home. According to the Herald News, the 74-year-old woman was found in her bed as firefighters battled the two-alarm fire at 47 Orswell Street a little after 3 a...

ATTLEBORO - Attleboro Police, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the district attorney's office and prosecutors are actively investigating the discovery of a body in the City of Attleboro during the early morning hours today...

A report says actress Carrie Fisher had multiple drugs in her system at the time of her death. The Los Angeles County Coroner released its full autopsy on Fisher, including toxicology, this morning. The report states Fisher had cocaine, morphine, codeine and oxycodone in her system when she was hospitalized after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight to LAX...