Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented.
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Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
Man indicted for murder from 2008 stabbing of college student
WORCESTER — A grand jury returned a murder indictment against one man this week in the 2008 stabbing death of a teenager in the area of North Ashland Street in Worcester, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Marquis Brown, 40, of Worcester, was indicted on one count of murder in the […]
Now that Karen Read’s trial is over, John O’Keefe family’s civil suit can go on
Now that Karen Read’s criminal trial for the murder of John O’Keefe has ended — with her acquittal on all charges except drunken driving — the O’Keefe family’s civil case against her can continue.
‘Dangerous heat’ in Massachusetts expected, with it feeling like 100-plus degrees
‘Dangerous heat’ expected in Massachusetts next week, with it feeling like 100-plus degrees
West Nile sample detected a week before summer begins
State public health officials said they have detected the first positive mosquito sample for West Nile virus of the season, putting Massachusetts slightly ahead of previous trends. The virus was found in a sample collected from Shrewsbury on June 13, the Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. There have been no human or animal WNV […]
