Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Karen Read's jurors must now decide: Was it deadly romance or police corruption?

The fate of Karen Read is now in the hands of jurors

June 25, 2024
Karen Read's jurors must now decide: Was it deadly romance or police corruption?
News|Political

Defense rests in trial of Karen Read, accused of killing her police officer boyfriend with SUV

The defense has rested its case in the murder trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowbank

June 24, 2024
Defense rests in trial of Karen Read, accused of killing her police officer boyfriend with SUV
Environment|Health|News

Scorching temperatures, humidity making life miserable for millions from Midwest to Maine

A blistering heat wave stretching from the Midwest to the tip of Maine is leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday

June 19, 2024
Scorching temperatures, humidity making life miserable for millions from Midwest to Maine
News|Technology

Firewall to deter cyberattacks is blamed for Massachusetts 911 outage

State officials say a firewall aimed at thwarting hackers is to blame for a 911 outage in Massachusetts

June 19, 2024
Firewall to deter cyberattacks is blamed for Massachusetts 911 outage
News|Opinion

Top investigator in Karen Read murder case questioned over inappropriate texts

Defense attorneys have grilled the lead investigator in the case of a woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank about offensive and inappropriate texts he wrote about her

June 12, 2024
Top investigator in Karen Read murder case questioned over inappropriate texts
Business|News|Political

Older worker accuses defense contractor of discriminating by seeking recent college grads

A defense contractor is being sued over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads

June 11, 2024
Older worker accuses defense contractor of discriminating by seeking recent college grads
News|Political

A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial

The trial of a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank has finished its seventh week

May 17, 2024
A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial
News

Trial starts in conspiracy-fueled case of girlfriend charged in Boston police officer's death

The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend has begun with both sides presenting their opening statements

April 29, 2024
Trial starts in conspiracy-fueled case of girlfriend charged in Boston police officer's death
Entertainment|News

Where are they now? Key players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson

The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the Century” that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders

April 11, 2024
Where are they now? Key players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson
Health|News

More than 200 women and several men accuse doctor in lawsuit of sexual abuse, unnecessary exams

More than 200 women have accused a Massachusetts doctor in a lawsuit of sexual abusing them by performing unnecessary pelvic and breast exams

April 09, 2024
More than 200 women and several men accuse doctor in lawsuit of sexual abuse, unnecessary exams
Education|Health|News

Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic

There's a renewed push to meet kids where they are when it comes to seeing a dentist

April 03, 2024
Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic
Health|News

Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time

Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case

March 26, 2024
Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time
News|World

Scammer claimed to be a psychic, witch and Irish heiress, victims say as she faces extradition to UK

A woman jailed in Maine is facing extradition to the United Kingdom after victims say she ran numerous scams claiming be a psychic and Irish heiress

March 26, 2024
Scammer claimed to be a psychic, witch and Irish heiress, victims say as she faces extradition to UK
Environment|News

A Massachusetts town spent $600k on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later

A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away nearly $600,000 worth of sand that had been trucked to protect the homes, roads and other infrastructure

March 13, 2024
A Massachusetts town spent $600k on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later
News|Political

A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M

A Massachusetts man wants the government to pay $9.5 million after being badly injured in a crash with a Black Hawk helicopter

March 06, 2024
A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M
Business|Environment|News

Texas wildfires threatened a nuclear weapon facility. Here is what we know

A nuclear weapons facility was forced to evacuate most of its staff due to threats from a fast-moving wildfire blazing across the Texas Panhandle

February 28, 2024
Texas wildfires threatened a nuclear weapon facility. Here is what we know
Business|Economy|Education|News

$1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives

Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine say they can give up their part-time jobs, focus on their studies and reconsider the kind of medicine they hope to practice thanks to a generous donation to their New York school

February 27, 2024
$1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives
Environment|News

Wild weather's coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer

A strong winter storm is expected to dump heavy mountain snow in parts of West while much of the Midwest will be basking in unseasonable warm conditions

February 26, 2024
Wild weather's coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer
Education|News|Technology|World

Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon

Harvard University has condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” posted on social media by student and faculty groups that advocate for Palestinian liberation

February 21, 2024
Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon
Business|News

Man accused of killing wife sentenced in separate case involving sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings

A Massachusetts man charged with killing his wife has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars in an unrelated art fraud case

February 20, 2024
Man accused of killing wife sentenced in separate case involving sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings
News

MIT suspends student group that protested against Israel's military campaign in Gaza

The president of MIT has suspended a student group that has held demonstrations against Israel's military campaign in Gaza

February 14, 2024
MIT suspends student group that protested against Israel's military campaign in Gaza
News|Sports

Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s

A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as much a 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys in the 1970s while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts

February 08, 2024
Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s
Entertainment|News

Annette Bening honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has honored Annette Bening as its 2024 Woman of the Year

February 06, 2024
Annette Bening honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Business|News|Sports

With 7 matches for the 2026 World Cup, Boston expecting huge economic boost

Officials in Boston acknowledged getting seven matches for the 2026 World Cup was more than they expected and offers a much-needed shot in the arm to the city's economy

February 05, 2024
With 7 matches for the 2026 World Cup, Boston expecting huge economic boost
Education|News

Harvard creates task forces on antisemitism and Islamophobia

Like other universities, Harvard is struggling to manage campus responses to Israel's war in Gaza

January 19, 2024
Harvard creates task forces on antisemitism and Islamophobia

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