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Latest hearing in Karen Read case highlights timeline on evidence requests
The Karen Read case was back in court on Tuesday in a hearing that addressed a flurry of motions, including requests from the Commonwealth for phone records and materials from the media. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022. Read’s...
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Man arrested for threatening moviegoers at showing of ‘Wicked' in Mass.
A 34-year-old man is facing multiple charges after police say he threatened moviegoers at an AMC theater at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers, Massachusetts, over the weekend. Danvers police said they received a call shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday for a report of a male party who had made threats to two other patrons at the AMC Liberty Tree...
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Somerville holds off on vote to reconfirm sanctuary city status
The city council in Somerville, Massachusetts, held off on a vote to reconfirm its status as a sanctuary city on Thursday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Somerville has been a sanctuary city since 1987 and reconfirmed that status after Trump’s first election in 2016. The city council was supposed to vote Thursday night on whether to reconfirm that...
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Police investigating prostitution conduct searches in Everett, Malden
Officers investigated two businesses in Everett, Massachusetts, and a residence in nearby Malden on Wednesday as part of a prostitution investigation, police said. No one was arrested, but four people were interviewed, Everett police said in a statement. Everett Police Chief Paul Strong shared more details to NBC10 Boston, saying the investigation involved allegations of an illegal massage parlor. The...
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Can AI help solve Boston's traffic problems?
As the joke goes, sometimes it can take an hour or more to get from one point in Boston to another. But the city is hoping emerging technologies like artificial intelligence can help speed things along. A study that came out this past summer found Boston had the fourth worst traffic in the U.S. and the eighth worst in the...
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MBTA employees on leave, suspected of criminal activity
Nearly a dozen MBTA employees are on leave, and they’re part of a criminal investigation. And now, the T is responding. The Cabot Yard maintenance facility in South Boston is at the center of this investigation. The facility is used to store and maintain Red Line vehicles and buses, and it’s where Red Line track workers and inspectors are based....
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‘This is serious': Antisemitic stickers in Brookline prompt police investigation
A dozen and a half antisemitic stickers were used to deface the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, over the weekend, leaving people on edge as police investigate the matter. “I think it is horrible,” one woman said. “I can’t believe that it would happen anywhere, but in a place that is so non-violent and generous to everybody.” The stickers,...
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Why the Karen Read murder trial is must-see TV for so many
The major interest in the Karen Read murder case comes as no surprise to experts who say it shows the true power of the true crime genre.
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Employer cited in death of worker crushed in partial collapse under Hanson home
The death of a worker crushed by part of a Hanson, Mass., building’s foundation in February was “entirely preventable,” according to OSHA, which has cited the man’s employer.
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Boston's NWSL team apologizes for controversial branding announcement
Boston’s National Women’s Soccer League team is apologizing after the launch of the club’s name announcement – specifically the branding associated with it – fell flat for many fans.
