A short-staffed Fall River Fire Department struggled in the Gabriel House fire. But most Mass. fire departments are not staffed to proper standards.

A FEW weeks ago, The Column reported that political signs for both Lowell School Committee and City Council candidates had gone missing in Belvidere. The source said that the perps were taking the ...

A 51-year-old Cambridge man who police said slashed a person’s head with a large knife on Friday night was arrested the ...

A man accused of swinging two large machete-type knives around at a bus stop and slashing a bystander in the head<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Goose, the 5-foot-long water monitor lizard that escaped its home weeks ago, has been captured, according to the Webster ...

A Cambridge police officer and his legal team convinced a federal jury that the SIG Sauer P320 pistol was defectively ...

CAMBRIDGE − An investigation is underway in the cause of death of a 2-month-old infant, according to an announcement from the Cambridge Police Department.

Cambridge police are searching for a man they say is behind a break-in and larceny in North Cambridge.The alleged incident occurred<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Lexington police are looking for a suspicious man who allegedly tried to grab two teenage girls on two separate occasions.

A Cambridge man has been charged with animal cruelty after a cat was found surrendered with fractured ribs and a broken tail.

Police are searching for a man wearing a “respirator-type mask” who they say acted aggressively towards two teenagers on a ...