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...
A Massachusetts shelter program reported over 300 “serious” incidents this year, the Boston Herald reported. Per the Herald, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities disclosed a total of 316 Serious Incident reports at “hotels, congregate sites, scattered sites, and co-shelters” in the Emergency Assistance family shelter program. Emergency Assistance is not a...
I know what racism looks like. I saw it during my childhood in the Jim Crow South. I have also experienced the gift of growing up in a remarkable community that never let circumstances stand in the way of a dream. I was raised by educators who taught me that success was possible; I just...
A lucrative life insurance policy intended for a couple’s teenage daughter was switched days before her dad executed his family in a murder-suicide, the Boston Globe reported. In the event of Teena Kamal’s death, her husband, Rakesh “Rick” Kamal, would inherit $1.25 million, and their 18-year-old, Arianna, was the contingent. On Dec. 24, the policy...
A 74-year-old man was arrested at an amusement park in New Hampshire last week after he shocked guests by being drunk and naked at a lazy river, according to police. John Caraballo of Somerville was lying naked by a lazy river pool at Canobie Lake Park in Salem on July 3 at around 6 p.m.,...
Dozens of migrants sleeping on the floors of Boston’s Logan International Airport will be forced to leave by the end of the day as a new state rule banning the practice goes into effect. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced last month that migrants had until July 9 to leave the airport and that they would...
Lawyers for the suspected Boston cop killer Karen Read said Monday that jurors in her trial over the death of John O’Keefe had an “agreement” to find her not guilty before the judge declared a mistrial. They raised the issue in a motion to dismiss second-degree murder charges and leaving the scene of an accident,...
