The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Salisbury is advocating for stricter gun ...

An illegal immigrant who operated a now “dismantled” fentanyl mill in Lawrence “faces deportation,” the Drug Enforcement Administration has announced. DEA New England posted on social media Thursday ...

The mass shooting in Orebro occurred in spite of Sweden's strict gun laws. Though gang violence has been increasing in Sweden ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court struck down a longstanding federal ban that prevented the sale of handguns to Americans between the ...

Though Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed all of the gun bills passed by the Democratic-majority General Assembly in 2024, ...

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.

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