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WAREHAM — Police have charged four men in connection with a fatal stabbing at a Wareham convenience store.

A day after Ebola claimed its first victim on American soil, local hospital officials announced they have updated plans to identify and contain the rare but deadly virus on the chance it shows up on Cape Cod.

CAMP EDWARDS — The federal Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to beef up treatment of contaminated groundwater emanating from a former training range on Joint Base Cape Cod.

SOUTH DENNIS — The Improper Bostonian will be opening a day late on the Memorial Day weekend kick-off to the 2015 summer season as a penalty for overserving alcohol to customers and failing to keep order among patrons as they left the bar,...

Now this is some really heavy metal in Cape Cod Bay. The rusted remnants of the target ship SS James Longstreet were seen above the sea surface this week during a lunar tide. The vintage World War II vessel has been at this spot about 3.

FALMOUTH — A drunken-driving charge against Sandwich police Officer Daniel Perkins may be resolved Dec. 1, more than a year after the crash that triggered the criminal complaint.

SANDWICH — Replacing a swath of trees that state officials say a subcontractor mistakenly cut down in parts of the Route 6 median on the Upper Cape won't be easy, according to local tree experts.

MASHPEE — Two Mashpee Wampanoag tribal councilors who spoke out about the tribe's growing casino debt face possible sanctions for speaking out, according to multiple tribe sources.

Today on CapeCast: Call it the ultimate root canal! A mammoth tooth found during excavation of the Cape Cod Canal 100 years ago is on display at a local museum--find out where you can chew on it.

Barnstable detectives have determined that the operators of an SUV and pickup truck that drove by the TD Bank at the time of a Sept 25 robbery were not involved in the incident, according to police.