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A woman who was shot Tuesday night near the Roxbury – Dorchester line in Boston is expected to survive, police say. Police were alerted to shots fired just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at 131 Dale St., 15 rounds at 150 MLK Blvd. A call also came in around the same time for shots fired. Police found a firearm and ballistics,…

Authorities are seeking additional information about a Boston nanny arrested earlier this year on child pornography charges. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Tuesday asked anyone who may have had contact with the 36-year-old nanny, Stephanie Lak, on Care.com amid an ongoing investigation. “This individual flew under the radar, gaining the trust of parents in order to gain...

A woman arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting her husband to death in their Lemon Grove backyard — San Diego deputies say the woman told 911 dispatchers she had shot her husband on accident — was released from custody Thursday after the District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges against her.

Police in Newton are telling people to lock their doors in response to five home break-ins over the past month, all victims of which were of Asian descent. Police have released images from video surveillance that show the same person pictured at the time of the break-ins on June 19 on Dedham Street and June 20 on Helene Road.

Shots were fired and a neighborhood shut down Sunday night into Monday morning as police responded to a call for a reported armed and barricaded man in Everett, Massachusetts.

Police are investigating two shootings overnight in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Police are trying to identify two people who allegedly ran from the scene of a shooting around 1 a.m. Thursday in Somerville, Massachusetts. After a report of shots fired, police found seven shell casings on Canal Street. Two cars were damaged. The department posted images of the two people and the shell casings on their Twitter account Thursday. Anyone with…

An independent investigation into the use of anti-Semitic language in the Duxbury High School football team’s play calls has found that it was likely a systemic issue, one coaches were aware of, that may have been used in practices since 2010. A reference to the Holocaust during a game on March 12 has already led to the firing of head…

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the killing, which is being investigated as a homicide based on the nature of the woman’s injury.

The Los Angeles Police Department Monday confirmed it is investigating rapper T.I. and his wife after 11 alleged victims accused them of sexual abuse.

Police say a body was found in a backyard in Lawrence after a deadly shooting.

Hundreds of mourners gathered this week in Hopkinton, Massachusetts to honor Mikayla Miller, the 16-year-old aspiring journalist whose death has promoted calls for police transparency and justice. Here’s where the investigation into Mikayla’s death stands.

The mother of Mikayla Miller told a crowd of hundreds at a vigil in their Massachusetts hometown Thursday that the 16-year-old’s death last month left her shattered, then demanded transparency in the ongoing investigation that has yet to conclude how the teenager died.

Three high-profile Massachusetts officials have now issued statements in the past 24 hours calling for a thorough, transparent investigation into the death of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller. Mikayla’s family is expected to speak at a vigil and rally Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the town common in her hometown of Hopkinton. The town’s select board held a meeting Tuesday night...

Lawyers for Los Angeles County have asked a judge to ‘throw out’ Vanessa Bryant’s emotional distress lawsuit — that claims sheriff’s deputies and firefighters photographed her husband and daughter’s remains at the scene of the helicopter crash near Calabasas and shared those images.

A vigil will be held Thursday for Mikayla Miller, a 16-year-old girl who was found dead last month, in her hometown of Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

The prosecutor leading the investigation into the death of a 16-year-old girl from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, explained on Tuesday what her office knows so far about the case and promised a full investigation with transparency for the public. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan also acknowledged unsubstantiated rumors swirling in the community that Mikayla Miller, who was Black, was murdered and that…

One person is dead and four others are in the hospital with serious injuries after a car crash in Lawrence, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

Police are investigating racist, homophobic and sexually explicit graffiti found in a home in North Reading on Monday.

Seven police officers in Lynn, Massachusetts, are on administrative leave and under investigation over allegations of inappropriate conduct. The allegations involve potential drug abuse and use of racially insensitive language in a private text conversation between two officers, according to the Lynn Police Department. The department recently learned of the allegations from another law enforcement agency, according to a release…