The Cape Cod Times

A Massachusetts man who coerced multiple teenage girls to perform sexual acts and raped one of them while she was unconscious has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison.

A Massachusetts man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl. The Cape Cod Times reports that 26-year-old John Dias IV, of Barnstable, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple charges including aggravated rape of a child.

A marine biologist is reporting a sharp rise in number of sunfish stranded on Cape Cod beaches.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has discussed the possibility of giving the state control of two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry traffic across the Cape Cod Canal. The Corps oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. It issued a draft report this month that recommended replacing the nearly 85-year-old bridges, rather than rehabbing them.

Police are investigating two recent incidents of white supremacist vandalism in a Massachusetts town. Falmouth police found two swastikas, a drawing of a male genitalia and several large circles on the dock at the Megansett Yacht Club on Oct. 6.

A B-17 bomber, similar to the one that crashed in Connecticut, is spending the weekend in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts lawmaker has filed a bill to name the new Cape Cod Rail Trail bridge in honor of a soldier listed as missing in action during the Korean War.

Officials in a Massachusetts town say about 4,000 immature oysters were stolen from a local creek, hindering a fledgling Cape Cod aquaculture program. The Cape Cod Times reports that Sandwich town officials realized the oysters were missing from Mill Creek when they went to check the floating cages near Sandwich Boardwalk earlier this month.

An increase in the number of great white sharks around Cape Cod has forced a longtime Massachusetts charity swim race to be rerouted. Cape Cod National Seashore officials have denied a permit for the 32nd annual Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla. The race was originally slated to start off Long Point Beach in Provincetown Harbor.

Police in a Cape Cod town are investigating after three fake legs were placed near a memorial for the victim of a fatal shark attack last summer. Wellfleet police told the Cape Cod Times that the fake legs were placed near a memorial stone at the town-owned Newcomb Hollow Beach for Arthur Medici, who died last September when he was...

A man was arrested by Provincetown police after he allegedly punched a woman in the face and grabbed a child. The Cape Cod Times reported that Daniel Tripp, 40, yelled racial slurs at a group of young black people near town hall, and later grabbed one by the shirt. When a woman intervened, Tripp punched her in the face, according...

Voters in a Massachusetts town have narrowly rejected a proposal to spend $100,000 on a shark barrier at a beach where children take swimming lessons. The Cape Cod Times reports that Chatham town meeting voters on Tuesday rejected the article 113-112.

Authorities say a person has been pulled from the water off the coast of Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Times reports that rescue boats responded to waters near Nauset Light around 2 p.m. Sunday on a report of a person clinging to a paddleboard or kayak.

Authorities are responding to Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, Massachusetts, The Cape Cod Times reports a person was seen clinging to a kayak or paddle board.

Members of a Massachusetts tribe have filed petitions to recall their elected leaders. The Cape Cod Times reports that Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council member Aaron Tobey Jr. filed petitions Wednesday with the tribe’s Election Committee to recall Council Chairman Cedric Cromwell and Vice Chairwoman Jessie Baird.

Organizers of an effort to raise $200,000 to buy a pair of shark-detecting sonar buoys to deploy off Cape Cod say they will return $36,000 already raised because it’s too late to install them this year. Heather Doyle and Ashley Penn launched the effort and named it the Arthur Clever Buoy Pilot after Arthur Medici, the 26-year-old Revere man killed...

Great white shark researchers are turning their attention to Cape Cod Bay.

A woman has been arrested on Cape Cod for driving drunk while attempting to pick up a friend at the police station.

A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to helping her former boyfriend dispose of evidence in connection to his father’s killing. The Cape Cod Times reports that 30-year-old Paige Malone was sentenced to up to seven years in prison Monday after she entered her plea to accessory after the fact to murder. Malone still faces charges of witness intimidation and unlawful...

A Cape Cod politician is in hot water for a series of controversial Twitter polls, in which one of his questions about gay politicians sparked backlash online. Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty asked in one Twitter poll, “Generally speaking, are gay politicians too self-absorbed and self-centered to adequately represent ALL of their constituents in a fair and equitable manner?”