1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (234+ words) Two Massachusetts men have been sentenced to time in federal prison for fraudulently depositing checks stolen from the mail, prosecutors said. Imanol Rios-Franco, 26, of Canton, and Brandon Baez, 23, of North Attleborough, both pleaded guilty in November 2025 to bank fraud, conspiracy…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (734+ words) By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press Federal authorities'announced an investigation'Friday into two immigration officers who appeared to have made untruthful statements under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month. It is among at least five shootings in which initial descriptions…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (838+ words) By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press Lemon insists he was at the Cities Church in St. Paul to chronicle the Jan. 18 protest but was not a participant. The veteran journalist vowed to fight what he called "baseless charges" and protect his…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (367+ words) By MICHAEL CASEY and MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns issued an order that required the return of 19-year-old Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza by the end of February. Stearns said he had hoped the Trump…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (294+ words) Two storybooks that touch on "gender stereotypes" fall outside a Lexington father's legal battle over LGBTQ-friendly lessons in his son's kindergarten classroom, a federal judge ruled earlier this week." The man's lawsuit against the town's school district "raises issues of…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (212+ words) By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press The arraignment at Massachusetts's Dedham District Court was postponed until after'Super Bowl LX'so Diggs could play in the NFL championship game. At the arraignment, Diggs was scheduled to next appear for a pretrial hearing on…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (328+ words) The pedestrian struck by a police cruiser at UMass Lowell last week died at the hospital Wednesday and was identified as a 60-year-old retired Gloucester Fire lieutenant, officials said. Daniel Kennedy, of Billerica, was struck by a marked Lowell Police…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (592+ words) An Irish man, who is married to an American and has lived in the Boston area for nearly two decades since overstaying a visa, called his five months in federal immigration custody "hell on earth." Seamus Culleton, who owns a…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (435+ words) The former Worcester city councilor facing criminal charges related to the chaotic scene at an immigration arrest last year was found guilty of assault and battery of a police officer in court Wednesday. "The special prosecutor asked that I repent…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (596+ words) Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people were wounded, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian Rockies is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast…...