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A couple was killed Tuesday night in an apparent murder suicide that occurred while three children were inside their family home in Oxford, Massachusetts. All three children survived, according to authorities.

While it is early in the investigation, the district attorney said, it appears the man killed the woman and then killed himself, and the deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide.

An officer with the Boston Police Department has been arrested after an alleged domestic violence incident. Alexis Herrera-Brea, who has been with the department since September of 2017, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by members of its Domestic Violence Unit. Herrera-Brea is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery “after being involved in a…

A Massachusetts court has rejected an appeal from Boston’s embattled police commissioner, clearing the way for his firing after decades-old domestic violence allegations came to light. An appeals court judge upheld a lower court ruling denying Police Commissioner Dennis White’s bid to block the city from firing him from the top police post. Mayor Kim Janey applauded the ruling...

A judge on Wednesday blocked the firing of Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, who’s been on leave over accusations of domestic violence and whom Mayor Kim Janey has said she intends to move on from. The Superior Court judge, Heidi Brieger, signed off on a request from White’s attorney to block Boston from terminating White’s employment until his appeal...

A judge ruled Tuesday against Boston’s embattled police commissioner in his bid to block the city from firing him over decades-old domestic violence accusations. The judge denied Commissioner Dennis White’s request for a preliminary injunction, clearing the way for Mayor Kim Janey to move forward in removing him from the top job. White was placed on leave in February,...

A Boston judge on Thursday said she would consider an injunction request from embattled Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, who is seeking to pause Mayor Kim Janey’s efforts to fire him. During a hearing on White’s request for a preliminary injunction, attorney Nick Carter argued his client can’t be fired because former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic...

A former Boston police commissioner said in a legal document that former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic violence allegations against current Police Commissioner Denis White, who’s been placed on leave amid an investigation. William Gross, the former Boston police commissioner, said in the affidavit that Walsh would have known about the allegations because he reviewed White’s nomination...

A stabbing in Worcester Friday left a 71-year-old woman dead and a relative of hers under arrest, police said. The relative hasn’t been identified, but Worcester police said they are male and that the stabbing was a domestic incident. Officers arrived to the scene on Ekman Street about 11:05 a.m., police said. The woman was pronounced dead. Police haven’t...

Meet Ruby, a survivor of domestic violence trying to live the life she deserves, and Steve, who hopes his family story about suicide will help others who may be struggling with mental illness.

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged in New Hampshire with assaulting his girlfriend has been denied bail, with a judge ruling Tuesday the record “shows a defendant who wanted to control the actions and manipulate the emotions of the alleged victim.” Bryan Erickson, 38, of Groveland, Massachusetts, is charged with second-degree and simple assault, obstructing report of a crime; disobeying…

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged in New Hampshire with assaulting his girlfriend after she told him she wanted to end their relationship has been suspended without pay, an agency spokesperson said. Sgt. Bryan Erickson, 38, was suspended indefinitely Thursday following a duty status hearing, Massachusetts State Police spokesperson David Procopio said in a statement. The agency will continue its…

A woman jumped from a window to escape after her boyfriend held her against her will for a week, according to police in Quincy, Massachusetts. Authorities said they responded to a 911 call Wednesday after a woman was screaming for help outside in Quincy. When officers responded to the scene at an undisclosed location in Quincy, neighbors said a man…

The Boston Police Department’s new commissioner has been placed on leave, Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday, over “disturbing issues” recently brought to his attention. The city is now setting up an investigation of allegations against Commissioner Dennis White, according to the mayor. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that, in 1999, White had threatened to shoot his then-wife, who was also…

A Massachusetts man shot and killed by police Monday afternoon in Brockton has been identified by prosecutors, who offered more details on the shooting. Twenty-eight-year-old Bryan Cruz-Soto, of Dorchester, was wearing a GPS monitoring bracelet for a case in Suffolk County when he was shot outside a home on Overlook Avenue just before 3 p.m., according to the Plymouth County…

A man is dead after being shot by police Monday in Brockton, Massachusetts. Police said they responded shortly before 3 p.m. to a domestic violence situation on Overlook Avenue. Darren Duarte, a spokesperson from the Brockton Police Department, said a male suspect who was carrying a weapon was shot. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed around 5:30 p.m....

A man has been charged with beating his roommate to death this weekend in Chelsea, Massachusetts, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bartolo Cruz Cosigua Gonzalez, a 44-year-old from Chelsea, was arrested Monday on a manslaughter charge in the killing that prosecutors say took place Saturday. Chelsea police officers found Gonzalez’ roommate, 25-year-old Alexis Antonio Yanes-Majano, lying on the street outside an apartment…

A man in his 40s was stabbed and beaten to death Saturday in South Pasadena, California, after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house to attack her.

A New Hampshire man is accused of running down a woman with a car in Canton Tuesday night. The 35-year-old New Hampshire woman was taken to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries.