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Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a barricaded suspect threatening police in Fairhaven Sunday night.

State police say 29 protesters are facing charges for creating traffic gridlock this morning when they blocked major highway access into Boston from the north and the south. Activists with their arms inside 55-gallon barrels filled with concrete stopped traffic on I-93 southbound in Medford and I-93 northbound in Milton...

A Rhode Island man has died after his vehicle went off Interstate 95 in North Attleborough and struck a tree. Massachusetts State Police say 31-year-old Lukasz Prokop of Cumberland, Rhode Island, was driving south at about 8:15 p.m. Sunday when his Cadillac swerved into the wooded area on the side of the highway...

The Massachusetts State Police have announced that a "Sobriety Checkpoint" will be in effect this weekend on a public way in Bristol County. The checkpoint begins Friday and will run through Saturday. State Police Superintendent Colonel Timothy Alben says the hours of operation will vary, safety will be assured, the selection of vehicles will not be arbitrary and any inconveniences to mo

Commuters are dealing with icy roads in many parts of Massachusetts as a winter storm moves in. The storm began as a mix of snow and freezing rain in much of the state, although the precipitation is expected to change over to mostly rain — heavy at times — as temperatures rise during the day...

Several thousand people rallied peacefully in Boston to protest a grand jury's decision to not charge a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York City. Protesters blocked some city streets Thursday evening while marching to Boston Common, where the city's annual tree lighting ceremony was being held at the same time...

An ABC Disposal employee has been killed on the job. Bristol County District Attorney spokesman Gregg Miliote says the employee was struck and killed by an ABC Disposal garbage truck as he was crossing the company parking lot late Tuesday afternoon...

A New Bedford man is under arrest after allegedly robbing a convenience store in North Adams. State Police say the man, identified as 25-year-old Geraldo Martell of New Bedford, allegedly robbed the North Adams Cumberland Farms at gunpoint on September 20...

A 53-year old Fairhaven man was killed Saturday night after being struck by a car on Sconticut Neck Road. The District Attorney's Office says Police responded to an area near Gilbert St. after receiving a phone call saying that a man was lying on the side of the road...

Two law enforcement officials say a man accused of killing one Pennsylvania state trooper and seriously injuring another during an ambush last month was captured by U.S. marshals in an abandoned airplane hangar. They say Eric Frein surrendered...