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A single justice of the highest court in Massachusetts has denied prosecutors' request to reinstate the murder conviction of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

A new documentary on suicide prevention will premiere this week at Keith Middle School in New Bedford. Admission is free.

A man is alive after jumping from a Fall River Bridge on Sunday.

Authorities in Massachusetts say they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a father and his son.

The fiancee of former tight end Aaron Hernandez is suing the NFL and the Patriots on behalf of their daughter for not disclosing the link between suicidal impulses and CTE.

An Acushnet man is dead after turning his gun on himself following a standoff with Rochester Police.

DEDHAM — The mother of a teenager who killed himself has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Massachusetts woman convicted of manslaughter for encouraging him to take his own life. Lynn Roy is seeking $4.2 million in lost future wages for her son Conrad Roy III...

TAUNTON — The Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for urging her boyfriend to kill himself is being sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, with part of that time being suspended. Judge Lawrence Moniz sentenced Michelle Carter to the two-and-a-half year sentence, with 15 months deemed a committed sentence at the Bristol County House of Corrections, and the balance suspen

BOSTON (AP) _ The aunt of a Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being urged to do so in text messages from his girlfriend is asking for 20 years behind bars for the woman. The woman's father will ask that his daughter be spared prison time...

FALL RIVER - The body of a man who jumped off of the Braga Bridge Thursday afternoon has been recovered. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office tells WBSM News the body washed up Monday morning on the north side of the Braga Bridge...