The release of statistics indicated crime was down in Massachusetts last year, but the data paint a more complicated picture, one in which arrests are up.

Boston Police and the Children's Advocacy Center host a free online safety workshop for adults, focusing on managing risks ...

The Boston Police seek public help to find 14-year-old Aracely Martinez, last seen in Hyde Park, possibly heading towards Forest Hills or East Boston.

Doctors react to alleged Trump health concerns as photos show swelling and bruising Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as ...

A search is underway for two suspects wanted in connection with an armed carjacking in Boston late Thursday night, ...

Officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons, 28, was shot once in the chest when three North Andover police officers went to her home on June 30 to serve a restraining order. Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker ...

A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing an unregistered silencer, ...

Legislative leadership owes some clarity to all Massachusetts voters. Was a state representative leaving an official Statehouse event so inebriated that he was a danger to the public just outside ...

More cities and states are experimenting with the concept of city-owned grocery stores, but these experiments often don’t ...

Someone on a fishing boat contacted the Coast Guard and reported a body floating near the Isles of Shoals shortly after 9 a.m ...

After spending days in critical condition, Brenda Cooper, 66, succumbed to injuries she sustained on July 16, officials said.

Ignorance or the willful violation of a judicial process that relies on secrecy to fulfill its duty? The Boston Globe ...