Middlesex DA Marian Ryan and Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio will hold a 10 a.m. briefing to announce charges after a fatal overnight attack in Hudson. Details remain limited.

A woman was hospitalized after an afternoon shooting on Millbury Street; police say a suspect was arrested and the victim is expected to survive.

Officer Sean Cullen faces felony improper-storage charges after fellow officers found a loaded department gun and a taser unsecured in his vehicle. His certification has been suspended and he remains on administrative leave.

A fatal crash on Route 20 eastbound in Charlton near the Sturbridge line closed lanes Wednesday as investigators responded. Parts of the highway remain closed.

A Duxbury man was arrested after a hallway fight at Island Creek Village; police seized a butcher knife and roughly 28 grams of suspected cocaine.

A Franklin woman was arrested this week and charged in connection with a Nov. 1, 2025 house fire that killed two cats. She was arraigned and held pending a dangerousness hearing.

Swansea police are investigating after a 71-year-old bus driver allegedly urinated on a school bus carrying 12 young students en route to Hoyle Elementary. The district removed the driver and reported the incident to state child-protective services.

A three-story building on Warren Avenue in Brockton caught fire Monday; crews worked to extinguish hotspots and officials have not released a cause.

Cambridge Engine 5 and Ladder 1 covered in Somerville Monday night for a two‑alarm fire on Puritan Road, a Cambridge Fire Facebook post says.

Marshfield police arrested a 32-year-old man after a search of his Castle Green unit; seized devices will be forensically reviewed by state cyber investigators.

Two construction workers were rescued from disabled scaffolding about 70 feet above Vassar Street. Firefighters and campus police worked together to bring them down safely.

The state’s top court vacated Renardo Williams’ 2018 murder conviction and remanded the case for retrial, saying a judge’s evidentiary rulings could have undercut a self‑defense claim.

An early‑morning fire destroyed a Dracut home on Bridge Street; owners were away and no first‑responders were hurt.