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A 34-year-old Harwich man was arraigned Wednesday in Orleans District Court on a charge of strangulation or suffocation during an incident Monday in Harwich, court records show.

A man was brought by MedFlight helicopter to a Boston hospital Wednesday after an accident on Old Plymouth Road, according to the Bourne Fire Department.

An East Falmouth woman is facing criminal charges after authorities allege she hid drugs in her rectum while in custody at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility.

While there is no plan to evacuate the Cape if the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth has a radioactive release, there is, for the first time, a double-sided sheet of guidelines residents can follow while "sheltering in place."

You've had all summer to do your research - now it's time to enter your favorite Cape Cod beach to our Best Beach Photo Contest!

Although he isn't facing competition in his Republican primary, retired state police Sgt. Tim Whelan spent more between Jan. 1 and Aug. 22 than the three Democrats combined in the race to replace retiring state Rep.

Two women were kayaking off Manomet Point when a great white shark attacked one of their boats, according to the assistant harbormaster in Plymouth.

Chatham selectmen will ask voters to approve spending nearly $700,000 to clean up a fuel spill that lurks in the groundwater beneath the construction site for the new fire station.

From a hospital bed at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, para-rower KateLynne Steinke reflected on her time at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam over the past two weeks.

The Orleans Board of Selectmen ordered on Wednesday a convenience store's liquor sales license suspended for three days after a police sting caught an employee selling beer to someone under 21.