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January 6, 2017

Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court

A man who escaped from a Rhode Island prison and was on the run for five days before being captured in Massachusetts is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge.

January 6, 2017

Prison escapee suspected in bank robbery attempt

Massachusetts state police say a massive search is underway in the Cambridge area after a man who escaped from a federal prison in Rhode Island allegedly attempted to rob a bank.

January 5, 2017

Wanted prisoner captured after failed bank robbery, police announce

After several days on the run, a prisoner who escaped a Rhode Island detention center has been captured in Somerville, Massachusetts.

January 5, 2017

Jury deliberates life in prison or death for carjack killer

A jury has begun deliberating in the federal death penalty trial of a man convicted of carjacking and killing two Massachusetts men and a third man in New Hampshire during a weeklong crime rampage in 2001.

January 4, 2017

Residents warned that escaped inmate might have been spotted

Residents of a Massachusetts town have been warned by police that an escaped federal prisoner might have been spotted in town.

January 4, 2017

1st bishop indicted in US on sexual-abuse claim dies at 83

Former Bishop Thomas Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during the flood of abuse accusations against church officials, has died.

January 4, 2017

Closing arguments to begin in carjack killings resentencing

For the second time, a federal jury will be asked to decide if a drifter who carjacked and killed two Massachusetts men should be put to death for the weeklong crime rampage.

January 3, 2017

Round-the-clock manhunt on for ex-Army reservist who escaped Rhode Island detention center

A round-the-clock state and federal manhunt was underway Monday for an inmate who escaped from a Rhode Island detention center.

January 2, 2017

Police find stolen car, seek Army reservist who escaped

Massachusetts state police say they've recovered a stolen car believed to have been used by a former Army reservist who was charged with stealing 16 guns from a U.S. Army Reserve Center and escaped from a Rhode Island detention center.

December 31, 2016

Town rallies behind disabled veteran who lost home in a fire

A small western Massachusetts town is rallying behind a Marine veteran severely injured while serving in Afghanistan whose custom-built home was made uninhabitable by fire the day after Christmas.