Officer Shawn Willman was arrested March 19 on suspicion of drunk driving and has been placed on leave. The Norwood Police Department says it has opened an internal affairs investigation.

State and local police are investigating a deadly shooting in Brockton; troopers and detectives were seen gathering evidence near Clinton Street. No other details have been released.

An international drilling mission found low‑salinity water trapped beneath the Atlantic off New England. Early estimates say the supply could be huge — but tapping it would be complex.

An early-morning stabbing near 72 Seaport Boulevard left one person hospitalized with life‑threatening injuries. Police say no arrests have been made as detectives investigate.

Authorities say a 3-month-old in Nashua suffered about 30 fractures; the child's father was arrested and is being held without bail.

A floor collapsed at the Preserve at Chocorua during a wedding in Tamworth, N.H., injuring multiple people as emergency crews responded to the scene. State fire marshals are investigating.

Three Brockton men are facing murder charges after a 27-year-old was stabbed to death on Spring Street. Prosecutors say surveillance footage and witness accounts led to their arrests.

Two masked men robbed a person in Dracut Friday; police later recovered a silver Ford Explorer after a search warrant on Maple Street.

Sen. Ed Markey and two colleagues gave Meta until April 6 to explain whether its Ray‑Ban smart glasses will use facial recognition, warning of privacy and protest risks.

The state Senate voted 38‑0 to pass the PETS Act, which would ban most pet shop sales of dogs, cats and rabbits and route penalties into the state's animal‑care fund.

Metro Mayors pledged 185,000 homes by 2030, but permitting through 2024 leaves the region far off pace. Prices and rents keep climbing as permit activity falls.

Zach Bryan paid $12.1M for Jack Kerouac’s original 120‑foot On the Road scroll and plans to install it at a new Kerouac Center in Lowell. Fundraising and renovations now follow.

A Whitman man who ran a Newton circus studio was convicted Wednesday on multiple counts of indecent assault and battery involving two teenage students. He remains on home confinement pending a March 26 hearing.