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The City of New Bedford has constructed a stone barrier to obstruct people from standing on a traffic island on Route 6. The island is now an ankle breaker.

Finally, a court decision on illegal immigration that makes sense. The New York Times reports that The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has upheld most of Texas tough law targeting sanctuary cities. The ruling allows the law, considered among the toughest in the nation, to take effect while legal challenges proceed...

Some inmates' rights groups are hoping the highest court in Massachusetts will block a policy in which prison visitors are subjected to a search by drug-sniffing dogs before entering state-run facilities, but Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson doesn't think the policy should or will change anytime soon.

If you thought that the panhandling epidemic that is sweeping the nation erupted almost overnight, you are right.  But, it was unintended. In 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Reed v. The Town Of Gilbert, Arizona...

BOSTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has denounced as unconstitutional the manslaughter conviction of a woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself. The ACLU's Massachusetts chapter says in a statement that the conviction "exceeds the limits of our criminal laws and violates free speech protections guaranteed by the Massachusetts and

Nobody will fault this President for his persistence. President Trump signed Travel Ban 2, a new executive order the White House claims is an effort to protect Americans. If there's an urgency to save us from the merciless Muslims, why is this second order coming out so late...

DARTMOUTH - Two UMass Dartmouth professors were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Control officers at Boston's Logan International Airport Saturday afternoon after returning from an academic conference in Paris, France.

The New Bedford City Council is considering a proposal to use drones to conduct surveillance over high-crime neighborhoods. City Councilor Brian Gomes is pushing the idea, saying drones are another tool for the Police Department to fight crime...

As if the Presidential election cycle isn’t traumatic enough, now there’s a movement under foot, spear-headed by the ACLU of Massachusetts to change the voter registration cut-off date. And, a court hearing for a preliminary injunction is scheduled in this case for Monday, read: the day before the November 8 election...

The New Bedford City Council's idea to place deputy sheriffs near panhandlers has another opponent, the ACLU. Deputy Legal Director Sarah Wunsch with the Massachusetts ACLU says law enforcement officers should be focused on crime-related matters...