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The ACLU of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit after becoming aware of a tweet from the Bristol County Sheriff's Office.

Michelle Carter will spend over a year behind bars in the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has officially filed a motion requesting that Michelle Carter's stay of sentence be revoked.

The officer shot and killed Thursday in Barnstable was a New Bedford native.

A K-9 officer has been shot and killed while serving a warrant at a Massachusetts home and a suspect has been taken into custody.

A lawsuit filed against officials at a Massachusetts county jail alleges that mentally ill inmates are often held in solitary confinement with little treatment.

Should illegal immigrants be able to obtain a Massachusetts driver's license? The State Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation is considering just that, and Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says "no." Hodgson says the proposal bends the rules for those that already broke them, and disrespects those who are waiting to come into the United States legally...

You won't find his name on the payroll, but a Building #19 "employee" is going to a good home now that the chain is closing. Tom the cat has lived in the store's break-room for the past ten years, roaming the store at night, and keeping other employees company...

A long-time activist in the Cape Verdean community has passed away. Tom Lopes died Wednesday at the age of 70, after battling a lengthy illness. Lopes was a well-known New Bedford resident, having served as a two-term state representative from 1975 to 1978, and serving as the owner and operator of Cape Verdean News for over thirty years...

Former New Bedford state representative and publisher of the Cape Verdean News Tom Lopes has passed away.