Kelsey Fitzsimmons pulled the trigger, the gun clicked, but it never went off. That much is agreed on. The direction that she pointed the gun, however, is a highly contested fact in her criminal case.

A shooting during a social gathering in Lynn early Saturday left one person dead, two in critical condition and four with injuries that are not life-threatening, according to authorities. Police ...

The former deputy chief of police for Stoughton, who retired amid an internal police investigation after the death of Sandra Birchmore, called the pregnant 23-year-old on the day she died, according ...

More than 500 federal, state and local authorities arrested more than 60 people in the Northeast early Thursday morning, including 47 people across Massachusetts, on racketeering, drug distribution ...

On Sunday, Dec. 1, 1946, Paul Welden left her college campus in Vermont, telling her roommate she was going for a hike. She never returned. Nearly 80 years later, the disappearance of the 18-year-old ...

A 23-year-old man is charged with opening fire in a New Hampshire country club Saturday evening, killing one person and wounding two others, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella and Nashua ...

A social media phenomenon that is leading to real-world consequences has swept across the country, and this past weekend, it struck at least four Massachusetts communities — in Boston, Randolph, ...

A man was shot and killed in East Boston on Tuesday night. The shooting happened in the area of 27 Havre St. at around 5:50 p.m., according to the Boston Police Department. Officers found a man with a ...

Fifteen people were arrested in connection with a sweeping federal drug bust in Massachusetts linked to Mexican drug traffickers, federal officials announced Tuesday. As part of the multi-year case, ...

An explosion that appears to be done intentionally took place inside a building at Harvard University’s Medical Campus early Saturday morning, according to a university spokesperson. At 2:48 a.m. a ...

State officials plan to start construction on a new, modern forensic laboratory in Marlborough in 2026. The laboratory will bring together the current crime labs in Maynard and Sudbury under one roof.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has denounced “outside individuals” responsible for an attack that left a police cruiser on fire in Boston on Sunday morning. On Sunday morning, two men were arrested when a ...