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A dog was placed on a 10-day in-home quarantine last week after the dog jumped over a fence and bit an elderly man and his dog.

A Fall River man who violently assaulted his live-in girlfriend and bit a police officer was sentenced last week to serve up to five years in state prison.

A pit bull is under quarantine after biting a 1-year-old girl on the head and leg on Monday.

A beach on Cape Cod was closed after a shark bit a paddleboard when a man was standing on it.

On May 17, 2017 at approximately 11:00 p.m., several officers were directing traffic on Route 88 southbound near the intersection of Briggs Road due to a motor vehicle crash. The road was temporarily closed while tow trucks were removing the damaged vehicle...

SALEM, Mass. (AP) _ A Massachusetts woman who bit off a portion of a rookie police officer's ear during her arrest outside a bar has been sentenced to four years in jail. The Boston Herald reports that 19-year-old Emma Wiley was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to assault and battery on a police officer and mayhem...

State health officials say they have confirmed the first case of Eastern equine encephalitis in a horse in Massachusetts this year and are urging precautions against mosquitoes. The health department said Wednesday the horse was stabled in Belchertown...