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After the State Police Bomb Squad responded to a school bus in Bridgewater last week, authorities say the initial report of a bomb on the bus was a hoax.

Initial reports of a pipe bomb in a vehicle in Fall River on Friday turned out to be false.

The student accused of making threats against Wareham schools has been ordered held without bail.

The New Bedford woman who threatened numerous SouthCoast institutions and police departments pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Orleans District Court to charges related to an email sent to Dennis Police Department claiming her boyfriend was going to "shoot up the police station."

A New Bedford woman who allegedly made serious threats to police departments, colleges, and other organizations across Massachusetts faces additional charges.

WAREHAM - Massachusetts State Police say they are assisting Wareham Police in responding to a threat made to a school in the town. State Troopers from the Bourne barracks, along with K-9 officers, State Police Bomb Squad, and the State Police Air Wing Unit have responded to the area surrounding Wareham High School...

NEW BEDFORD - An emergency perimeter was established in the parking lot of Market Basket in New Bedford this morning after reports of a suspicious device. New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News the device was found a few minutes before noon...

Old Rochester Regional High School and Junior High School were cleared of a threat that was made Thursday morning. Douglas White, Superintendent of the Old Rochester Regional School District, says a threat was reported to Mattapoisett Police just before noon Thursday, with officers from Marion, Rochester, and Mattapoisett responding to the campus...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ A Pittsfield man whose 2-year-old son said to police ``Big boom, Daddy uh-oh'' after his father accidentally detonated a homemade bomb in his house has been sentenced to two years of probation. Joseph Capitanio was sentenced earlier this week for what his lawyer described as ``one of the dumbest things he's done...

Bomb threats phoned in to 30 schools in five states are being traced to California. The calls targeted schools in Delaware, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey. They reported receiving the calls earlier today. The threats forced evacuations, lockdowns or caused classes to be suspended...