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Commonwealth Confidential: State of Policing
An author who researches homicides in Massachusetts says the Karen Read trial exposed something about the state police that she’s suspected for years. Despite Massachusetts State Police’s high homicide solve rate, she says, across the state, murder investigations are susceptible to conflicts of interest and a lack of oversight. We talk to legal experts who weigh in on the system...
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Massachusetts has a unique system to investigate murder cases — but is it working?
The Karen Read trial put a lot of eyes on Massachusetts law enforcement. Now, an author who researches homicides in the state is sharing her thoughts. True crime writer Susan Zalkind says the case exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she has suspected for years. Despite the agency’s 94% homicide solve rate between 2019 and 2023, she says across the...
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63% of Mass. schools are still segregated, report finds, despite law against it
An educator with experience advising the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) believes it’s time to sue the state agency if it doesn’t do more to reduce racial imbalances in public schools. “They still have an opportunity before someone files a lawsuit,” said Dr. Raul Fernandez, the former chair of DESE’s Racial Imbalance Advisory Council (RAIC). “My great...
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Pot bot? Boston-based company sells AI robot that grows cannabis at your home
When someone told cannabis educator Casey Sanginario that a Boston-based company was selling a domestic robot that grows cannabis using artificial intelligence, she waived it off as entirely non-credible. “My first thought was, there’s no way,” Sanginario said with a laugh after describing herself as a cannabis snob. “I’m in groves all the time. I have a lot of...
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Are Dems doing enough for the AAPI vote? One strategist says the DNC fell short
The Democratic National Committee credentialed about 200 content creators for its annual conference just as if they worked for NBC News or the Wall Street Journal. DNC officials say this strategy opens Harris campaign messaging to a potential audience of 169 million people on social media – and generated 30 million views on night one alone. Former Boston Globe Bostonian…
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Noah Lyles' childhood struggles with asthma inspire kids with the condition
US Olympic gold medal sprinter Noah Lyles has asthma. As a child it was so severe he was hospitalized many times. And as it turns out, the so-called fastest man in the world is not the only Olympian with that chronic condition. A 2023 review in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports found that 15 to 30%…
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Jaylen Brown gives back to Boston-area kids with 7uice Foundation
The MIT Media Lab welcomed about 70 middle schoolers from diverse backgrounds to participate in the finals of a robotics competition that featured a live dialogue with astronauts on the International Space Station. The unique opportunity – created by Zero Robotics – also attracted Jaylen Brown’s 7uice Foundation, which sent five high school interns to participate. “I think just the…
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Triathlete Flora Duffy, Bermuda's only Olympic gold medalist, looks to repeat in Paris
A triathlete from Bermuda who grew up training in the island’s azure ocean – and on its curvy, narrow streets – is the country’s only Olympic gold medalist. In Tokyo, triathlete Flora Duffy notched the latest margin of victory ever in the women’s event and put her country in the Guiness Book of World Records. At 36 – mature for…
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Brian Walshe lawyer to file motion naming investigator Proctor after Read trial testimony
The unprofessional conduct Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor has admitted to on the stand in the Karen Read murder trial is now set to impact another high-profile homicide case he’s connected to. The attorney representing Brian Walshe — the Cohasset man accused of killing his wife, Ana, in early 2023 — has told NBC10 Boston he plans to file…
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Boston sneaker brand founder finds inspiration in being ‘unapologetically Asian American'
A new sneaker brand born in West Roxbury is standing on four centuries of Asian American culture. The 1-year-old company, called 1587, is named for the year Asians first arrived in the United States. “For us, it’s so important to be not just Asian American, but unapologetically Asian American,” said the company’s co-founder Adam King, 42, who was born in…
