Police in Sweden have yet to identify a motive for the worst mass shooting in the country's history. The attack at an adult ...

Leah Foley, a 23-year federal prosecutor, was elevated to the top federal law enforcement post for the state of Massachusetts ...

Lawmakers have also resurrected vetoed bills making it a Class 4 misdemeanor for anyone who fails to securely store a firearm on any premises where a minor is likely to be present ...

State officials have awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to help local police departments and state agencies ...

A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...

The Holyoke Police Department and the Hampden DA’s office are two of 18 recipients of the first funds awarded in Massachusetts through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is inconsistent with the nation's historical tradition and violates the Second Amendment.

A decades-old U.S. government ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to adults under the age of 21 is ...

Elshoma McCoy, 49, of 176 Waverly St., Framingham, is charged with illegal possession of a firearm; illegal possession of a ...

A coalition pushing a 2026 ballot question that would repeal a gun law Gov. Maura Healey signed last year raised more than ...

A collaborative effort between local and federal law enforcement agencies has resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of ...