He was part of dives that located a World War II German submarine as well as a 19th century French ocean liner.

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...

The ongoing work stoppage by the public defender attorneys who are part of what is known as the Bar Advocates program needs to be resolved by the legislature as soon as possible.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has released a missing poster of both sisters to help in the search.

A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children ...

One day before Beacon Hill lawmakers passed legislation to raise pay for bar advocates — prompting disappointment from attorneys who called it a “slap in the face” — a judge ...

We’re going nowhere,” Sean Delaney, one of the lawyers, known as bar advocates, said during a demonstration at the State House.

The plan would help support research projects and jobs connected with colleges and universities in the state, which have ...

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...