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The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has identified the man injured by an Easton Police officer in a shooting on Friday night as 34-year-old Dwayne Gervais of Easton.

An Easton police officer has been placed on paid leave after he fired his service weapon during a house call for a reported disturbance on Friday night, injuring two people — one of whom police said was holding a knife.

Drivers in Fall River should expect detours and delays starting in May as crews begin construction in the city.

Fire officials say a Saturday afternoon fire that damaged a Fall River apartment building, and left several residents homeless, has been deemed an accident. Fall River Fire Lieutenant Neil Furtado tells the Herald News the fire at 238 Central Street isn't considered suspicious and officials believe it may have been started by a cigarette that was thrown into some nearby vegetation...