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There's been a noticeable decrease in heroin-related deaths in the Southcoast. Local law enforcement officials cite several factors that are contributing to the lower number of fatal overdoses. New Bedford Detective Captain Steve Vicente tells WBSM News putting the anti-overdose drug Narcan into the hands of all first responders with the proper training has certainly helped...

Associated Press - About 3,000 state employees experienced job-related injuries from 2010 to 2012 serious enough to require time off, while four workers lost their lives. That's one of the findings of a special advisory committee charged with gauging workplace risks and dangers for public employees in Massachusetts...

The wife of the hunter who survived falling into the frigid Westport River, an accident that claimed the lives of his two friends, says the men were experienced outdoorsmen who'd hunted in similar conditions before. Dr. Gregg Angell of Westport was the lone survivor after the small skiff capsized Tuesday morning...

On Monday, a cargo plane crashed in Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board. The seven people were Americans.

Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report Thursday highlighting the deaths. The report found falls and motor vehicle incidents were among the leading causes of deaths...

Early Wednesday morning a gunman went on a shooting spree in Manchester, Illinois that has left five people dead. The suspect is in custody

Six people have been shot, four of whom were killed, at separate locations in Mohawk and Herkimer, in central New York on Wednesday morning, according to several published reports. Two people were fatally shot at Gaffey's Car Wash on Mohawk Street in Herkimer. Four people were shot at John's Barber Shop on Main Street in Mohawk. Two of those four died while two others were injured.

Hurricane Sandy is already proving to be a very troublesome storm. Though she has yet to really affect the United States, she has already taken a few victims in the Caribbean.