Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who was suspended in the wake of Karen Read’s mistrial, is not expected to be called as a witness in another high-profile case in the state. Prosecutors preparing for the trial against Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing and dismembering his wife in 2023, informed Norfolk Superior Court on...
Sarah Cox, a junior at Northeastern University in Boston and member of the Phi Omega chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority, fell out of a second-story window during a party in March 2023 and received “catastrophic” injuries as a result. Now, Cox’s family is suing the property manager of the rental house from which...
A former mafia hitman has been sentenced for the prison killing of crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger. Fotios “Freddy” Geas appeared in court on Friday after making a deal with prosecutors to change his plea to guilty regarding his role in the murder of Bulger. Geas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the...
The First Continental Congress, a brazen show of both defiance and union by the American colonies on the road to revolution, met on this day in history, Sept. 5, 1774. It was the first time many of the transformative figures in human history known as the Founding Fathers would meet. John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick...
A Haitian migrant who entered the United States last year was arrested in Massachusetts after allegedly molesting a 10-year-old boy who lived next door to him. Akim Marc Desire, 18, was arrested by police last week in Mansfield, Massachusetts, about 45 minutes south of Boston, and is being charged with indecent assault and battery on...
The FBI arrested a former Massachusetts police officer on allegations he groomed a teenage girl, continued to have sex with her when she was an adult and killed her in her apartment when she told him she was pregnant with his child, staging it to look like a suicide. A federal indictment says Matthew Farwell,...
Congress’ only career firefighter will introduce Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) conference in Boston Thursday in an effort to urge members to support the Trump-Vance ticket, after they were the first labor union to endorse President Biden in 2020. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., became a City of Miami firefighter...
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance was booed Thursday by some members of a firefighters union in Boston while delivering a speech in which he asked members “after supporting Democrats for so long in this union, what has it gotten you?” The boos were heard immediately after Vance took the stage at the International Association...
A Boston-area school district has decided against adjusting its residency policy for matriculating students after migrant advocacy groups demanded change, with an administrator saying claims made by the critics “are just not true.” The Lawyers for Civil Rights and Massachusetts Advocates for Children sent a letter to school administrators in Saugus, a town 10 miles...
Ben Affleck has built a successful career in Hollywood through his work acting, writing, producing and directing blockbuster movies through the years. His personal life has accrued a lot of attention as his relationships with A-list actresses, including Jennifer Lopez, have remained very public. On August 20, 2024, just five days after Affleck’s birthday, Lopez...
