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Police in Massachusetts say an officer responding to an emergency call ran over and apparently killed a man lying in a road.

Two great white sharks have been spotted off the coast of Cape Cod. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy says the two were spotted around 50 yards off the beach in Chatham yesterday. The sharks were identified and tagged by officials, who say they have been coming close to shore at the location every year since 2009. ...

Growing sightings of great white sharks off Cape Cod are generating business for local entrepreneurs at a popular vacation spot where the supreme predators lurk offshore.

Three local fire departments are sharing a $387,000 Homeland Security grant. Fire departments in Fairhaven, Onset, and Chatham will use the money to purchase new equipment. The grant was announced Wednesday by Mass. Congressman William Keating...

A popular Cape Cod beach has been closed for swimming after a great white shark estimated at 20 feet long was spotted leaving Chatham Harbor.

Officials in Chatham have closed all eastern, open ocean-facing beaches because of increased reports from fishermen of sharks nearby.