Rhode Island’s top legal chief says a Massachusetts construction company will pay $11 million to settle criminal charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated fill during a highwa ...

A judicial order by a district judge in Massachusetts has ignited a fierce debate over judicial overreach and national ...

She was barely a teenager, just 13 years old, when she had to decide whether she wanted prosecutors to press charges against the man she said repeatedly raped her.

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The Massachusetts judge presiding over Karen Read's second trial in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe has ...

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Governor Maura Healey nominates five attorneys as Associate Justices of the District Court in Massachusetts to handle a wide ...

Some ICE altercations in Greater Boston turned violent last week, spurring a fear in local immigrant communities that this ...

Will less of a penalty lead to more compliance? One high-profile law enforcement official and two local lawmakers believe ...

The Supreme Judicial Court did not directly order what is known as a Daubert-Lanigan hearing, but instructed judges to conduct the detailed examination of ShotSpotter technology once requested.