Massachusetts’ highest court has initiated an emergency protocol that could see many indigent criminal defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county courts released from jail or their cases dropped.

Many court-appointed attorneys have stopped taking on new clients as they fight for higher pay rates from the state.

Separate motorcycle crashes in Suffolk leave one teen dead, another in critical condition. The post One teen critically ...

This story has been updated to add new information. Two New York State Police troopers were stabbed and one was left in serious condition while making an arrest in Allegany County May 17. According to ...