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BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Massachusetts teen charged with manslaughter for allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself has asked a judge to put the case on hold. Michelle Carter's lawyer argued Tuesday in Taunton Juvenile Court that the criminal case shouldn't move forward until the state's highest court decides on an appeal of a judge's refusal to dismiss the manslaughter charge... Rea

Multiple sources say a former marine is dead after an active shooter situation in Swansea Sunday night. In a statement, Swansea Police Chief George Arruda says officers from his department responded to reports of a disturbance on Old Warren Road where a suspect allegedly destroyed some property and fired a shot over the heads of two people at the residence...

The District Attorney's office has announced that a gunshot that killed a Norton man over the weekend was self-inflicted. Police responded to a home Saturday night on a report of a domestic incident. As police approached the Azalea Road home, someone inside fired several shots through the front door...

Facebook and Twitter were both seeing the trending hashtag #JusticeForConrad across the social media platforms on Friday, as people across the world were posting it in honor of the late Conrad Roy and to show their disgust at some of the text messages that have been released between Roy and Michelle Carter...

The Plainville teen accused of encouraging a Mattapoisett man to committ suicide appears to have helped him plan his suicide. You just have to do it.In a court filing from the Bristol County District Attorney's office Friday, text messages between 18-year-old Michelle Carter and then 18-year-old Conrad Roy III detail the days leading up to his suicide in July of 2014...

A report recently released by the Bristol County Regional Coalition to Prevent Suicide found that last year there was a 72 percent increase in suicides among middle aged men as compared to 2013.

The lawyer for a teen charged with encouraging a friend to commit suicide wants Bristol County D-A Thomas Quinn off the case, along with anyone assigned to his office. Defense Attorney Joseph Cataldo says Quinn was related to the teen who took his life, and taking part in the proceedngs would be a conflict...

A high school honor roll student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly encouraging a friend to commit suicide.

Robin Williams’ autopsy found no alcohol or illegal drugs were in his body when he killed himself at his Northern California home in August, sheriff’s officials said Friday. The autopsy results released by the Marin County sheriff’s office found that the actor had taken prescription medications, but in ‘‘therapeutic concentrations...

A New Bedford High School junior who found her purpose in life is looking to help others to do the same. 16-year-old Cierra Vicente founded the "Here for a Purpose" program, after losing several friends to suicide. Speaking on WBSM's "Taylor Cormier Show", Cierra says she feels if more young people knew their calling in life, they wouldn't be so quick to find a way out... Read