violence

Help me with this. A triple stabbing happens in a City Councilor's district. Just hours following New Bedford's 2nd homicide of the year, said Councilor is posting on Facebook about another Councilor's Motion, a week prior, seeking an apology from Hillary Clinton...

New Bedford Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin is defending her administration after comments regarding student behavioral issues in public schools. Speaking on WBSM's "Barry Richard Show," Durkin responded to allegations of secrecy in regards to violence in the schools...

A new initiative to stem gun violence throughout New England was announced in Providence Wednesday. Mayors and law enforcement officials of the New England Regional Gun Violence Summit, headed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, touted a new partnership between New England communities that seeks to reduce trafficking of illegal guns and gun violence...

Frustrations boiled over at Monday's New Bedford School Committee Meeting as the crowd of more than 100 parents and teachers made their presence felt. A number of parents, including David Goldman, spoke about concerns over their children's safety at Keith and other New Bedford schools...

Teachers and parents are saying there is still a serious threat of violence in New Bedford Public Schools.

The New Bedford City Council hopes to hear from public school teachers Thursday night, concerning disciplinary issues within the schools. Councillor-At-Large Brian Gomes says he still hears about troubling behavior from students within the high school and middle schools, and wants to get to the bottom of it, "Every day we hear of incidents...

Payers were spoken, poems were read, and thoughts were shared during a candlelight vigil at UMass Dartmouth Tuesday evening.

The Women's Center of New Bedford has once again orchestrated a month of events to raise awareness of domestic violence. October is the setting for domestic violence awareness, and in Massachusetts 14 people this year have died as a result of domestic abuse incidents...

A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week. The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived...

Pope Francis is urging the international community to find a way to "re-establish the rule of law" in Iraq.