Thomas Quinn III

David Reed, 53, formerly of Acushnet and New Bedford, was indicted last week by a grand jury in connection with the death of Rose Marie Moniz inside her New Bedford home, according to a statement Thursday from Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III.

DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Massachusetts woman has led to the indictment on a murder charge of the victim’s half-brother, prosecutors said.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

Twenty-four-year-old Marques McCassie died from his injuries in the Saturday attack.

A Massachusetts man with a long criminal history of assaulting women has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for rape and kidnapping.

A justice on Massachusetts’ highest court has denied prosecutors’ request to reinstate the murder conviction of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

Human remains found in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday have been identified as those of fugitive Donald Eugene Webb, bringing to a close a decades long search for the suspected cop killer.

A judge has thrown out the 2013 murder conviction of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez because he died before his appeal could be heard.

Prosecutors have filed a motion to block the request of Aaron Hernandez’s appeal lawyers to vacate the now-deceased defendant’s murder conviction.