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NEW BEDFORD _ Two men were arrested Wednesday on drug charges while aboard a fishing vessel in Buzzards Bay as a result of a port security operation with New Bedford Police Maritime Special Response Team, Massachusetts Environmental Police, the Department of Homeland Security and the New Bedford Police Port Security Unit ...

(Alexandria, VA) - There are multiple reports that House Majority Whip Stephen Scalise has been shot in Alexandria, Virginia. Several others were also hit in the incident and a suspect is reportedly in custody. The Louisiana Republican was apparently at a baseball field where people were practicing for a congressional game scheduled for later this week...

Hillary Clinton says in a text message to supporters that she's picked Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to join her on the Democratic ticket as their party's nominee for vice president. In the message, Clinton says: ``I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen...

Virginia State Police are confirming three deaths in the tiny town of Waverly, which appears to be taking the brunt of a fast-moving storm sweeping across the East Coast. A police spokeswoman identifies the victims as a 2-year-old child and two men, one 50-years-old and the other 26...

Authorities in Virginia say the man suspected of fatally shooting two members of a TV news crew is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A national survey finds Massachusetts is not a very patriotic state. Despite all the Fourth of July festivities, "WalletHub.com" ranks the Commonwealth 40th on its list of most and least patriotic states. The rankings are based on factors including percentage of residents who enlisted in the military in 2013, number of veterans and active-duty military personnel, and percentage of reside

With the seventh pick in the MLB  Draft, the Boston Red Sox drafted outfielder Andrew Benintendi from the University of Arkansas.  He's one of the top college players in the country.  Here's what the Arkansas Razorbacks website had to say about Benintendi...

Police in Virginia have turned up multiple items after searching the apartment of the Coast Guardsman accused of shooting three people in Bourne last week. According to the Cape Cod Times, Chesapeake Police searched the home of 31-year-old Adrian Loya, turning up a rifle case, empty boxes of ammunition, and directions to the Quality Inn in Bourne...

Officials are confirming that the pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 fighter jet that crashed in Virginia did not survive. The jet was traveling from Barnes Air National Guard base in Westfield to New Orleans when it crashed Wednesday...

A jet belonging to the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard has crashed in a remote mountainous area near Washington, D.C.