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BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) _ A Brockton woman charged with fatally stabbing her boyfriend in the home they shared is facing arraignment. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Kirsten Smith is scheduled to be arraigned on a murder charge Monday in Brockton District Court...

A 30-year-old New Bedford man who strangled and assaulted his girlfriend this past January was sentenced to serve four to five years in state prison this week in Fall River Superior Court, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced...

A 39-year-old Fall River man who violently assaulted his girlfriend just after midnight on New Year’s Day was sentenced to serve three to five years in state prison this week in Fall River Superior Court. Jason Brum pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with aggravated assault and battery, and assault and battery...

A New Bedford man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend on a highway in 2014 has been sentenced in Fall River Superior Court. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn's Office says 29-year-old Luis Cirino was convicted of strangulation, intimidation, and aggravated assault and battery after a three-day jury trial...

BOSTON (AP) _ The twin of gangster James ``Whitey'' Bulger's longtime girlfriend has asked a judge for leniency when he sentences her sister on a criminal contempt charge next week. Catherine Greig is already serving an eight-year sentence for helping Bulger avoid capture during his 16 years as a fugitive...

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o denied any role in the hoax involving a relationship with a person whom he claimed was his girlfriend last year.