Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend with a vehicle in January 2022, was back in court Friday for a hearing discussing her defense team’s motion to dismiss. Attorney Martin Weinberg argued for Read in court on Friday. Attorneys Alan Jackson and David Yannetti previously argued that two...
FIRST ON FOX: A suspected serial rapist from Massachusetts accused of raping two women at gunpoint nearly 35 years ago led California law enforcement officers in Los Angeles County on a car chase Thursday before being taken into custody. Stephen Paul Gale, 71, was driving a Lincoln SUV while trying to get away from authorities...
A Massachusetts man was airlifted by a Black Hawk helicopter after a medical emergency while hiking in a remote area with his family. In a news release, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department announced the agency was notified around 2:14 p.m. Tuesday about a 52-year-old man experiencing a medical emergency between two summits on...
A Massachusetts bill, which seeks to update state law to redefine who legally qualifies as a parent, passed in the state senate on Thursday and now awaits signature from Democratic Governor Maura Healey to become law. The Massachusetts Parentage Act aims to ensure “legal parentage equality” for children born to parents “without regard to the...
A New England fishermen’s association is calling attention to second gentleman Doug Emhoff’s fundraising trip to Nantucket as the Massachusetts island wades through the aftermath of a wind turbine disaster. Emhoff stepped in to headline fundraisers this week originally set for first lady Jill Biden before President Biden dropped out of the presidential race just...
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...
A new report analyzed the impact the migrant crisis will have on Massachusetts residents with the state projecting to spend $1.8 billion over the next two years, making it a potential “fiscal time bomb.” The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a report on July 24, which predicted The Bay State will struggle to manage...
A Massachusetts man is under arrest after illegally catching and keeping a total of 14 oversized striped bass. Authorities had received tips about the angler not releasing catches from his boat while he fished off of the coast of New Hampshire near New Castle and Rye, the Portsmouth Herald reported. “NH Fish and Game officers...
Over 450,000 Massachusetts residents have limited English-language proficiency, a new report finds. The Boston Herald reported that the situation represents “another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other states with lower taxes and cost of living.” The report, released by MassInc and UMass Donahue on Wednesday, found that an estimated...
Chef Joyce Chen wore many titles in a life worthy of a novel. Wartime survivor. Immigrant. Mother. Entrepreneur. Inventor. American. Born in Beijing and raised in Shanghai, Chen most notably popularized Chinese food in the United States with her innovative Cambridge, Massachusetts, restaurants, cookbook, PBS cooking show, supermarket sauces and oils and patented cookware and...
