Two MS-13 gang members, including the alleged leader of the Somerville clique, were sentenced to heavy stints in prison for crimes surrounding the 2010 murder of a 28-year-old man in Chelsea.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader ...

The Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy argue in the new lawsuit that Wisconsin’s congressional maps are ...

The Supreme Court justices gave an ominous prelude to next term, when voting rights — another pillar of a strong democracy — will be in the conservative majority’s crosshairs.

Neto, 18, out of New England to Colorado, just days before a previously scheduled hearing last month in Massachusetts.

Selection method See also: Assisted appointment The 82 judges of the Massachusetts Superior Court are appointed by the governor with advice from the judicial nominating commission. Each judge is ...

WAREHAM — A Middleboro man accused of stabbing his mother’s long-term partner to death Saturday was held without bail during his arraignment in Wareham District Court Monday, June 30.

Louisiana officials react after the U.S. Supreme Court delayed its ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map and will rehear the case, with Justice Clarence Thomas warning that race-based distr… ...

The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to reconsider the state's congressional maps ahead of next year's midterm elections.

(CNN) — The Supreme Court punted on Friday in a major legal challenge to Louisiana’s long-litigated congressional map, taking the unusual step of holding the case over for a second term.