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UMass President Robert Caret says his goal is to have the state pay 50% of the money needed for educational programs on the five campus UMass system, and the students paying the rest in tuition and fees.  L

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Massachusetts State police say a Fall River man has ended up in the hospital with a broken leg after fleeing police.
 
    State police said the episode began around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when 25-year-old Cleveland Clay rammed two Fall River police cruisers trying to avoid arrest

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A Southcoast Hospital is implementing a state-of-the-art surgical tool that benefits both the surgeons and the patients.

The da Vinci Robot is a single-site surgical machine manned by Dr. James Hermenegildo at Charlton Memorial Hospital

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Senator Elect Elizabeth Warren visited Fall River Sunday night on the third leg of her thank you rallies to greet volunteers and supporters.

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A Fall River man is facing charges related to the September 29th murder of 31-year-old Aja Pascual in the city.

Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter announced the charges today, and says 20-year-old Brandyn LePage of Fall River killed Pascual during a drug deal that went sour

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Fall River Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire at 3am on Thursday morning at 1458 Pleasent Street. 

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A Fall River city worker fired after a woman died in a public pool in June 2011 has returned to work after an arbitrator ruled he should get his job back.

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Mass. State Police say they deployed special patrols on Route 24 and Interstate 195 over the Thanksgiving weekend, arresting 13 drunk drivers, and issuing 288 citations.

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A Fall River man has been arrested following a high-speed police chase that reached speeds of 90 miles per hour through seven towns.

The chase ended on Interstate 195 in Westport just after 8 p

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A Fall River woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to robbing the same store three times in 24-hours.

According to The Herald News, 30-year-old Latasha Singletary was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison after robbing Anna's Liquors last June

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