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By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed the decision as a “victory for national security,” but it’s likely...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A Hadley resident was taken into custody by the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Eastern Hampshire District Court on Monday.Abdul Ismail, 27, a citizen of Ghana, pleaded...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – A Belchertown man accused of striking and killing another man who was waiting at an Amherst bus stop in November denied numerous charges Friday in Hampshire Superior Court.Peter Sheremeta, 20, pleaded not guilty to charges including...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Prosecutors never alleged that New Hampshire resident Jesse Carrillo intended to kill fellow University of Massachusetts student Eric Sinacori with the heroin he supplied. They didn’t allege he was selling the drug for personal...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Jury deliberations have begun in the case of a former University of Massachusetts graduate student charged in the death of a fellow student.Testimony in the case against Jesse Carrillo, 28, concluded Friday morning in Hampshire Superior...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — For over two hours Thursday, a former University of Massachusetts graduate student took the stand detailing his heroin addiction and the role he played in the overdose death of an undergraduate in 2013.Day two of the trial of Jesse...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a fellow student in 2013. J.W. Carney Jr., attorney for Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry,...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A third person has denied involvement in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.Elinor Roberge, 47, of Holyoke, pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Northampton District Court to a charge of conspiracy in the first degree.Roberge allegedly...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Newbury man who had a charge of making a bomb threat dropped in a lower court has now been charged with threatening to commit a shooting.Geoffrey Small, 23, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon to two counts...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — Two more people have been charged in connection with a violent Amherst home invasion last October.Tivon LaValley, 26, of Hadley, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of armed robbery while...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court judge declared a mistrial on all but one of the 11 charges brought against a former Easthampton man accused of raping and assaulting two young girls.Kevin DiRocco, 43, was found not guilty on a charge of...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of manufacturing explosives and explosive devices was ordered held on $150,000 bail Tuesday. Bryan O. Desmarais, 42, of 36 Ridgewood Terrace, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — The city is considering whether to pitch in $25,000 toward restoration of the Hampshire County Courthouse in Northampton, a proposal that is drawing criticism from the mayor and other officials.The $4 million restoration and preservation...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man is suing the Northampton Police Department for $15 million, alleging that he was roughed up outside a bar in April 2014 Gregory S. Stevens claims he suffered numerous physical and mental injuries in the altercation,...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography after he allegedly attempted to entice a boy via Facebook Messenger.Douglas Wallace, 28, of 145 River St., pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A jury in a child rape trial will resume deliberations Monday after twice telling a Hampshire Superior Court judge Thursday they could not reach a consensus.The 12-member jury spent the entire day in deliberations on the case of a former...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke woman is being held on $100,000 for her alleged involvement in two separate murder-for-hire plots.Cynthia P. Coons, 50, pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court Thursday morning to a charge of conspiracy in the first...

By ERICA WERNER

 WASHINGTON —  The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — At least six women have accused former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette of exposing himself to them individually on multiple occasions when they were high school students between 2009 and 2012,...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Police charged a Springfield man in connection with a string of reports, all in the same day, involving the passing of several counterfeit $100 bills.Robert M. Walter, 45, faces three counts each of uttering a counterfeit note and...