A man described by authorities as the former second in command of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin Kings gang has pleaded guilty to racketeering and drug charges, federal prosecutors...

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved a $159 million contract to help build a commuter rail link from southeastern Massachusetts to Boston.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A regulatory panel that oversees East Coast fishing is requesting the federal government take some emergency actions to benefit the scallop fishery.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman arrested at a protest over the conditions at a Massachusetts jail has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a 15-year-old New Bedford boy killed in a dispute involving rival groups from different areas of the city,...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — New Bedford, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $500,000 to the family of a 15-year-old fatally shot by police in 2012 but will not admit wrongdoing, officials said....

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man says two women cheated him out of $4 million in lottery winnings by taking advantage of his inability to read or speak English.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a Rhode Island woman arrested at a protest over a Massachusetts jail's housing of immigrant detainees has been postponed.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A man in his 80s died and two firefighters were hurt in a blaze at a two-family home in Massachusetts, authorities said.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts pastor arrested on rape and kidnapping charges has pleaded not guilty.

Pastor Elmer Perez of Iglesia De Jesucristo Church in New Bedford was...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A fishing vessel that capsized and sank miles off Martha's Vineyard with four fishermen aboard has been found.

The Leonardo, a 57-foot scalloper based out of New...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for three commercial fishermen who went missing when their vessel capsized off the coast of Massachusetts.

BOSTON (AP) — The Coast Guard says one fisherman has been rescued but three remain missing after a commercial fishing vessel capsized about 24 miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts community college campus has been evacuated and about 10 people have been taken to the hospital with possible chemical exposure.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court has vacated a murder conviction because of language used by the prosecution during trial.

The Supreme Judicial Court ruling issued Tuesday states...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities continue to investigate a weekend shooting in Massachusetts that left a 17-year-old boy dead and a 20-year-old man in the hospital.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy was killed and a 20-year-old man injured in a shooting in Massachusetts.

A spokesman for the Bristol district attorney said in an...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Virginia man authorities say pointed a gun at another driver during a road rage incident in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in jail.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor says hackers demanded $5.3 million from his city in a ransomware attack this summer.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell disclosed Wednesday that a...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts congressional leaders are asking federal officials to move quickly on permits for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Vineyard Wind is committed to building the nation's first large-scale offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast despite a decision by federal regulators to delay...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Federal regulators are holding off on issuing a key environmental impact statement for Vineyard Wind, a proposed major wind farm planned off the Massachusetts coast — a...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities in New Bedford have opened a homicide investigation into the stabbing death of a homeless man.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman authorities say stole more than $34,000 from the high school athletic boosters club whose finances she oversaw has been sentenced to a year of...

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service employee from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $20,000 in payments from post office customers.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The company planning a major wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is warning the project could be in jeopardy if a federal environmental review stretches on much...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts public health officials say the potentially fatal eastern equine encephalitis virus has been detected in the state for the first time this year.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Cobblestone streets lead to the New Bedford Whaling Museum where Abigail Field is seated in the library, isolated from the heat and humidity, the blazing sun reduced to a...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — One spot.

For 10 years, Jonathan Freitas had been competing at Junior Olympic Regionals. Back when he was 9 years old, he had flown from Hawaii to San Francisco for...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — It was late one November night as Wilson Mascarenhas lay in bed, chasing sleep as his mind raced uncontrollably.

BOSTON (AP) — Eight University of Massachusetts students have received $5,000 scholarships from the James J. Karam Scholarship Fund.

The scholarships awarded this week are designed to...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston police have released the names of two men killed in the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood earlier this week.

The victims of Monday night's shooting were identified as...

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Brockton.

Massachusetts State Police detectives and Brockton police said in a statement...

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A charity founded in honor of a slain Massachusetts police officer has awarded its first grants.

The Sean M. Gannon Memorial Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation recently...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A 2-year-old red panda is the newest attraction at a Massachusetts zoo.

"Jacob" was introduced to visitors on Friday at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New...

BOSTON (AP) — While a new survey found that Massachusetts commuters are fed up with traffic congestion and transit delays, a long-promised public transit project has been quietly chugging...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Five nursing homes in southeastern Massachusetts plan to close their doors amid financial problems, leaving about 300 residents and their families in search of...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged for allegedly ordering his pit bull dog to attack a 13-year-old girl.

South Coast Today reports that 28-year-old Jerry Chery,...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man authorities say caused a fatal crash and then disappeared until he was tracked to Rhode Island several days later has waived...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man authorities say caused a fatal crash and then fled the scene has been apprehended in Rhode Island.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — State police have identified the woman killed in a fiery crash in Middleborough that closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 495 for several hours.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — In the cafeteria at Normandin Middle School on Thursday morning, Maria Santos pulled some money out of her pocket.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is limiting the harvest of an important bait fish for the rest of the year from Massachusetts to North Carolina.