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A Massachusetts district attorney has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the arrests of three Black men and the alleged beating of one of them while in police custody. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett in a statement Thursday said he had appointed Daniel Bennett, the former head of the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to look into…

Three people have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting on the Fourth of July in Lynn, Massachusetts. Five people were found shot last Saturday night on Fayette Street. All of them were hospitalized, and 35-year-old Noe Hernandez was later pronounced dead. One other victim remained in critical condition Tuesday. Tyrell Berberena, 25, was taken into custody Monday on…

A free coronavirus testing program kicks off Friday in eight communities across Massachusetts that have been hardest hit by COVID-19. Free testing will be provided for the next five weeks in the following hot spot communities: Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, and New Bedford. Governor Charlie Baker said these are the communities where the COVID-19 rate is…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new coronavirus testing initiative for eight communities that have seen high rates of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The communities included are Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough and New Bedford. New testing sites will be opened and mobile testing vans will be deployed beginning Friday. “We’ve made a lot of...

Noe Hernandez, of Lynn, was one of five people shot late Saturday night outside a Fayette Street house. He died at Salem Hospital. The other four people who were shot are expected to survive.

Thirty-five-year-old Noe Hernandez, of Lynn, was shot and killed Saturday while at a Fourth of July cookout on Fayette Street.

One man has been pronounced dead follwing a July 4 cookout shooting in Lynn.

Multiple people have been shot in separate shootings in Lynn and in Roxbury, Mass. Police are investigating.

Emergency responders are at the scene of a “serious” crash in Lynn, Massachusetts, Tuesday afternoon, firefighters said. Several agencies were sent to the scene of the crash on Lynnfield Street near Cumberland Circle, firefighters said in a tweet. They haven’t offered more information about the incident. The crash comes hours after another serious crash in Lynn, in which a...

Police continue to search for the hit-and-run driver that seriously injured a Lynn man Monday night.

Four people are facing charges following the theft of a Mercedes and subsequent pursuit through several Massachusetts communities on Friday, state police said. It took about four hours for officers to arrest the suspected car thieves, and an officer had to drive himself to the hospital after the stolen vehicle hit him and smashed into his cruiser during the chase,…

An MBTA bus driver was hailed as a hero after she tried to extinguish a fire Wednesday in Lynn, according to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Maria Gradozzi, 27, was driving to the Lynn garage when she saw a fire at the intersection of Boston Street and Moulton Street, the MBTA said in a press release. Gradozzi, who has been…

A man’s body was found on a street in Lynn, Massachusetts, Thursday morning after he was killed in an apparent robbery, authorities said. The death is being investigated as a murder, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office. The office did not say if anyone has been arrested in connection with the killing. The slain man, a 47-year-old who...

A massive fire left dozens of people without a home Wednesday in Lynn, Massachusetts.

One person is dead Monday after a shooting on a cul-de-sac in Lynn, Massachusetts. The shooting took place around 6 p.m. on Jones Terrace, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Police responded to find two men suffering from gunshot wounds. A 33-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim, a 22-year-old man, was taken...

The alleged masked red-handed bandit who authorities say robbed at least ten convenience store clerks at knifepoint appeared unmasked and in court Friday but he was still allowed to mostly hide his face. Thirty-four-year-old Ramfis Casado, of Lynn, is facing more than two dozen charges after a grand jury indicted him for the convenience store robberies, in which police say…

A driver is accused of crashing into two parked cars and a home in Lynn, then taking off.

An increase in middle school suspensions in Lynn, Massachusetts, has been brought on by an increase in vaping, school officials say. Suspensions are down overall in Lynn, but in the city’s middle schools, they are up about 60%. Officials are now trying to develop a plan for change. Students as young as sixth grade are using e-cigarettes and other vaping…