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Two former New Hampshire college student-athletes were the victims of a murder-suicide in Miami, with the suspect shooting the women before turning the gun on himself. Meghan Moore, 25, of Centerville, Mass. and her roommate, 23-year-old Sidney Capolino of New York, were both found dead in their Miami apartment on Saturday night. Miami-Dade police say they were both shot by…

The man accused of shooting at officers during a SWAT standoff on Cape Cod appeared in court Thursday, and police say he’s a violent criminal who they’ve dealt with before. Justin Moreira, 30, is facing two dozen charges, including nine counts of attempted murder. Barnstable police said they received a call just before 8 a.m. Wednesday, saying Moreira was allegedly...

A man who was barricaded in a home in the Hyannis section of Barnstable, Massachusetts, has a history of alleged threatening behavior. Justin Moreira, 30, was arrested after an hourslong standoff at a home on St. Francis Circle Wednesday morning, which led to evacuations and a shelter-in-place order for Barnstable schools, authorities say. Back in 2022, Moreira was arrested after…

An 80-year-old Cape Cod school bus driver is accused of sexually assaulting one of his student riders. Jeffrey Hyland is charged with aggravated indecent assault and assault and reckless endangerment of a child after an incident in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors allege that Hyland, a West Yarmouth resident, assaulted...

It’s Labor Day weekend, and the unofficial end of a summer that was atypical with all the rainfall. On Cape Cod, where businesses rely on tourist dollars, the weather has not been ideal. Friday got the holiday weekend off to a sunny start. “Unfortunately, this year has been a little slow,” said Sherwayne Sharpe, a cook at Fresh Ketch...

The unresponsive driver, a 39-year-old Centerville man, was pronounced dead, police said. His name has not been released.

A man was killed in a crash on Tuesday in the Centerville village of Barnstable, Massachusetts, which involved three vehicles, including a public transit bus, according to police. The Barnstable Police Department said that its officers were called to Old Stage Road near Carleton Lane shortly before 5 p.m. for the crash. One of the drivers was not breathing, and…

A teenager has been arrested in a shooting this weekend on Cape Cod, and authorities say he was also responsible for firing shots at people in a parked car earlier this year. Police say a male victim was shot in the leg around 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Barnstable, Massachusetts, near the intersection of Main Street and High School Road. The…

The video shows a man use racial slurs against a Black man, threaten to kill him and others and step on his foot; Millyan Phillips said, “And then after that he told me he was going to shoot me in the back of the head with shotgun”

The owner of a popular Cape Cod bar and restaurant is being investigated after video of a disturbing confrontation surfaced. Barnstable police and the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday confirmed the investigation into the owner of Trader Ed’s over what they described in a news release as “a matter widely reported by media outlets and on...