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A Fall River man is arrested in Dartmouth for shoplifting, and it turns out he was wanted for much more. Dartmouth Police say 29-year-old Jose Duprey was arrested on Wednesday for shoplifting at the Target in town. An expanded check on Duprey revealed he had four active warrants out of Massachusetts, and an active extraditable warrant out of New York City for narcotic offenses...

Two swimmers that were in distress are doing fine now after the efforts of the New Bedford Fire Department. The male and female swimmers were reported to be in distress after a South End resident spotted them clinging to a buoy far from the shore near Monkey Island...

New Bedford police stop a shipment of heroin coming in from New York. Acting on a tip, police stopped the vehicle in question Saturday afternoon, and found 55 grams of heroin in the passenger's possession. A search of a Dartmouth Hotel room connected to the investigation turned up 55 more grams and over $600 in cash...

(Associated Press) - Republican Ted Cruz stormed to a commanding victory in Wisconsin Tuesday, denting front-runner Donald Trump's chances of capturing the GOP nomination before the party's convention. Democrat Bernie Sanders triumphed over Hillary Clinton but still faces a mathematically difficult path to the White House ...

Attorneys general in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Massachusetts are investigating whether Exxon Mobil deceived the public or shareholders about the effects of climate change, joining similar inquiries into the oil giant launched by New York and California ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Authorities say 84 people have been indicted in connection with a ring that moved drugs and guns between New York City and New England. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark says today that four gangs formed ``an alliance of evil'' to peddle cocaine and heroin in New Hampshire and Massachusetts...

When it comes to the opioid epidemic throughout the nation, almost any suggestion to fix the problem is welcome. This week, the mayor of Ithaca, New York, proposed opening a facility where heroin addicts could take the drug under supervision, hopefully curbing the amount of overdoses in the community...

Over 70,000 pounds of pepperoni pizza is being recalled by Whole Foods after the product was labeled improperly.

All 17 miners who were stuck hundreds of feet below the surface in an elevator at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere have been rescued.

Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. and catcher Mike Piazza make up the 2016 Class for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "The Kid" received a record 99.3-percent of the vote, being named on all but three ballots by the Baseball Writers' Association of America...