Fall River police are investigating a fatal stabbing Sunday night that the Bristol County District Attorney's Office described as the city's first homicide of the year.
A New Bedford-based clinical laboratory and one of its owners have been indicted for a range of criminal offenses relating to an alleged kickback and Medicaid fraud scheme involving drug tests at Massachusetts sober homes.
In the space of less than two hours on Sunday evening, New Bedford police responded to two separate incidents: a rollover crash that injured four people, and gunshots in the West End area.
Seven New Bedford men have been arrested after complaints from neighbors and business owners in the County Street bar district led to a surveillance operation and drug bust on Nov. 23.