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A prominent Boston activist who was facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges was killed in a crash while riding his motorcycle in Easton, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon, police and the family attorney confirmed Thursday. Police say Clark Grant, 39, was traveling on Route 138 just before 6 p.m. when he collided with a Jeep that was turning out of a parking…

A man who was critically injured by a car while crossing a street near his home in Easton, Massachusetts, Sunday has died, police said Monday.

The victim has life-threatening injuries, police said.

Easton police said Foundry Street is expected to be closed from Five Corners to Poquanticut/South streets for several hours Sunday.

A 56-year-old woman died after being shot by police at an Easton, Massachusetts, home on Sunday in an ordeal that began as a well-being check, Bristol County prosecutors said as they released new details in a preliminary update to their ongoing investigation. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office also announced the name of the woman who died, identifying her...

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office confirmed it is investigating the shooting that involved a member of the Easton Police Department.

A woman armed with a weapon was killed in a police shooting Sunday afternoon in Easton, Massachusetts, officials announced.

An Easton man is accused of knocking down a bedroom door and attacking his girlfriend with a knife before police arrived and shot him on Friday. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said police received a 911 call around 11:41 p.m. Friday from the victim, who said she was having a fight with her boyfriend at a home on Central…

The police officer shot a knife-wielding man and a second person while responding to a disturbance in Easton, Massachusetts, late Friday night.

A police officer shot a knife-wielding man and a second person while responding to a disturbance in Easton, Massachusetts, late Friday night. Authorities said they received a 911 call around 11:41 p.m. Friday reporting a disturbance at a home on Central Street. Arriving officers encountered “a potentially lethal situation involving a man holding a knife,” authorities said. An Easton officer…

Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts, was evacuated Tuesday over a bomb threat, according to the police department. Police said they were called to the school around noon. The building was evacuated and investigators are searching the building for anything suspicious. All other Easton schools have been put under a stay in place order. Drivers are asked to avoid…

A pair of teens were found safe during a four-hour search-and-rescue operation in the woods behind a Massachusetts high school this week thanks to a state police helicopter flying overhead and first responders who weren’t afraid to get dirty. The moment was caught on video, the boys’ heat signatures appearing on camera amid trees. But the hard work getting...

Footage from a Massachusetts State Police helicopter shows the moment two missing children were found in a swampy area in Easton.

The teens were found dehydrated about a mile into the woods around 7 p.m., police said.

Two teenagers who had been reported missing near a swamp in Easton, Massachusetts, have been found, according to police. Authorities received a 911 call for two 16-year-old males believed to be lost and endangered around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Responders searched a wooded area in Hockomock Swamp off Turnpike Street. The teens were found dehydrated about a mile into the woods…

A 21-year-old man has been charged with breaking and entering after he allegedly entered a woman’s SUV while drunk and high on marijuana and then fell asleep on the floor of the back seat.

A woman has been charged with manslaughter in the March death of a 1-year-old boy in Easton, Maine, officials said Friday. Mariah Dobbins, 28, was indicted on a manslaughter charge by an Aroostook County grand jury on July 14, and she was arrested two days later at her home in Easton, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The…

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year, state health officials announced Wednesday. The virus was found by the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory in a mosquito sample collected on July 11 in the town of Easton. No cases of West Nile or Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) have been found in people…

Police looking for long-missing UMass student Maura Murray are searching in two towns in New Hampshire Wednesday, authorities said.

Sean Flaherty has been charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle and malicious destruction of property. Additional charges may follow, Easton police said.