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    Crime and Courts 7 hours ago

    Body found in western Mass. city

    A body was found Tuesday in a city in western Massachusetts. The body was discovered near Whitney Field in Westfield, according to NBC affiliate WWLP. Additional information was not immediately available.

  • A police cruiser in Manchester, New Hampshire.
    Manchester Oct 21

    18-year-old spotted with gun near Manchester, NH, high school, police say

    An 18-year-old has been charged after allegedly bringing a gun to a high school parking lot in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Monday morning. Multiple students at Memorial High School in Manchester reported to staff and school resource officers that they spotted someone with a gun in the parking lot near the stadium, according to city police. Reports stated that he...

  • Braintree Police Department
    Braintree Oct 21

    Person shot in the leg in Braintree, police investigation ongoing

    Someone was shot Sunday night in Braintree, Massachusetts, launching an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, according to the town’s police department. Officers responded to a 911 call at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday on Skyline Drive, and found a male with an apparent gunshot wound to his leg, according to a news release from police. He was treated by...

  • Methuen Oct 21

    Three people, including 2 teens, injured in Methuen shooting

    Three people were injured in a shooting in Methuen, Massachusetts, early Monday morning and police say two of the people involved are juveniles. Officers first responded to reports of a shooting on Boston Street around 1 a.m., according to Methuen Police Chief Scott McNamara. When they arrived they found two people with gunshot wounds – a man and a 17-year-old....

  • Fitchburg Oct 21

    Man charged in Fitchburg shooting that left 1 dead, another hurt

    A Massachusetts man faced a judge Monday after a deadly shooting Sunday evening in Fitchburg. The shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday on Main Street. The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office said one person, later identified as 32-year-old Joshua Bell, was killed. Another man was wounded, being left in critical but stable condition. Prosecutors announced Monday morning that the...

  • Peabody Oct 19

    Man dead after fire in mobile home park in Peabody

    As they arrived, firefighters saw flames coming through the roof of the mobile home and extended to a neighboring home, according to fire chief Jay Dowling.

  • A police unit stops at the scene of an incident.
    Nashua Oct 18

    Man dead after reported assault at Nashua home

    Detectives are investigating after police found a 58-year-old man dead while they were responding to a reported assault Tuesday night in Nashua, New Hampshire, according to a press release from the city’s police force. Officers responded to a report of an assault around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a residential address on Kinsley Street, and when police arrived, they discovered the...

  • Ethel Kennedy; circa 1970; New York.
    politics Oct 17

    As it happened: Presidents honor Ethel Kennedy at DC memorial service

    President Joe Biden delivered a eulogy at a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and matriarch of the Kennedy family.

  • Shannon Hubbard, seen inset over Chatham Elementary School
    Cape Cod Oct 16

    Cape Cod woman and daughter, 1, die in upstate NY house fire: ‘unimaginable loss'

    A Cape Cod woman and her one-year-old daughter were killed in a fire in a rural, Upstate New York town over the weekend, according to police. Shannon Hubbard, 35, of Brewster, Massachusetts, died following the fire on Sunday night, New York State Police announced. The Hubbard family was on vacation in Clinton, New York, at the time, and Shannon’s husband...

  • Massachusetts Oct 16

    ‘He needs help': This retired Mass. state trooper is in dire need of a kidney

    A retired Massachusetts state trooper has spent his life helping others — but now, he’s in need of help as he searches an organ donor following a kidney failure diagnosis. Tom McAnulty lives in Walpole with his wife of over three decades, Kathleen. The two were looking forward to their retired lives, when Tom received life-changing news in 2020. “Out…

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