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A 48-year-old Massachusetts police officer died early Friday morning after battling the coronavirus. Rutland police Detective John Songy, of Leicester, was an eight-year department veteran and had previously served with the Oakham Police Department. He had been battling COVID-19 for the past month. “John passed away in the early morning hours of May 29, 2020, after a courageous and well-fought…

A Massachusetts police officer died early Friday morning after battling the coronavirus.

Detectives are struggling to connect with victims through thick masks, and investigators accustomed to wearing plainclothes are digging out their dusty uniforms for patrol duty as the coronavirus pandemic rages

The husband of a woman who vanished in 1981 has been charged with the woman’s murder 38 years later.

Human remains discovered in a wooded area have been confirmed as belonging to a missing college student who was the stepdaughter of a well-known UFC fighter, Alabama authorities announced Wednesday. The Auburn Police Department said the Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains belong to Aniah Blanchard, 19. She was the stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris.

A Massachusetts man charged with bludgeoning his dog to death with a rock then burying the body in his backyard told investigators he talked to a veterinarian friend about euthanizing the 17-year-old pet. Adam Crook, of Melrose, was released with no bail after pleading not guilty to animal cruelty on Tuesday.

Jurors went to the South Boston penthouse where two doctors were murdered.

A judge has ruled the man accused of fatally stabbing a jogger in D.C. is now competent to stand trial, reversing an earlier ruling.

A Massachusetts man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly killing his dog Friday night. Police say Adam Crook, 44, of Melrose, allegedly dragged his dog from his home into his backyard where he allegedly struck the dog in the head with a large rock multiple times, killing the animal. Crook, who is known to police, then allegedly used...

A Massachusetts man is expected to face charges animal cruelty charges Tuesday for the alleged killing of his dog at his home in Melrose Friday night.

Vermont State Police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a silver pickup truck seen near the location in Rockingham where a Boston delivery-truck driver was shot to death. Police made the call Tuesday for information about the vehicle, believed to be a 2016 or newer Toyota Tacoma with a bed cover and a bug shield on the...

Vermont State Police returned Friday to where a delivery driver from Boston was found shot to death last week. Troopers were asking people who regularly travel an area off Interstate 91 to come forward with information that could help them solve a murder. Vermont State Police believe 44-year-old Roberto Fonseca-Rivera of Boston was shot in the head and neck early-afternoon...

Vermont State Police continue to search for clues in the shooting death of a delivery driver from Boston.

A former detective has been arrested and charged with murder in the 2018 shooting death of his wife, which he’d reported as a suicide at their Westfield, Massachusetts, home, prosecutors said Thursday. Brian Fanion, 55, was arrested Wednesday hours after a Hampden County grand jury issued a first-degree murder indictment for him, according to a news release from the county...

A former Westfield, Massachusetts, police detective was charged with first-degree murder in his wife’s death.

The two inmates charged with murder who broke out of a California jail over the weekend are back in custody, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

Five men found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy in a shocking and violent 2018 machete attack in a Bronx bodega that was captured on video received their lengthy sentences on Friday.

Vermont State Police say a sheriff’s deputy is facing charges for allegedly shooting at two men at a traffic light while off-duty.

The city of Chicago released the long-secret Inspector General’s report on the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald on Wednesday, making public for the first time hundreds of pages detailing the investigation into the shooting that rocked the city.

A disabled Husky mix who went missing when a car thief drove off with the dog still inside the vehicle has been found dead.