Multiple agencies are searching for a missing person in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Monday.
Falmouth police said their department, along with Massachusetts State Police and other agencies are working in the area of 330 Old Barnstable Road.
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What is a Tuey-Rodriguez charge? How Judge Cannone is trying to push trial forward
The jury in the Karen Read murder case continues to struggle to reach a consensus, writing in a note to Judge Beverly Cannone Monday morning that they are “deeply divided by fundamental differences in our opinions and state of mind.”
Judge Cannone said she had never seen a note like the one she received Monday, and it prompted her to read a set of instructions to the jurors known as the Tuey-Rodriguez charge.
These special instructions are read by a judge at their discretion, when a jury remains in a state of deadlock. The text read by the judge essentially sends jurors back to deliberation with a series of reminders — namely that it is their “duty to decide this case if you can do so conscientiously,” and that there is no reason to believe another set of jurors would be more competent to decide a case.
Footnotes included in the instruction provide some direction as to when they should be read to a jury that cannot decide a verdict. The note states that, “it is appropriate for the judge to give such a charge when a jury is deadlocked, but because it ‘has a certain ‘sting’ to it,’ it should not be given prematurely, and digression from the recommended language is discouraged.”
Judge Cannone read the full text of the charge to the jurors, and sent them back to the deliberation table.
You can read a 2009 copy of the instructions here. The version that Judge Cannone read Monday morning had slight variations to it to make it applicable to the case at hand.
Read the deadlocked Karen Read jury’s note that impressed Judge Cannone
Deal between Steward Health Care and Optum is off
The sale of Steward Health Care‘s physician network to for-profit insurer Optum is off, state officials confirmed Friday, underscoring the uncertainty swirling around the bankrupt hospital system and the future of its hospitals and providers in Massachusetts.
Optum informed the Health Policy Commission that it is no longer working to finalize an agreement with Steward around the sale of Stewardship Health to Optum Care, but the companies have not yet withdrawn the deal’s material change notice filings with the HPC, the agency said.
The potential sale was first announced in March, but the two large medical providers never submitted information necessary for the HPC to begin a review that would have been required for the sale to go through. A slew of state and federal lawmakers raised concerns about the potential sale. House Speaker Ronald Mariano said in March that the sale “has the potential to significantly impact the competitiveness of the health care market in Massachusetts, and cause further disruption during a period of acute instability in the health care system.”
Spokespeople for Optum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The DOJ regulatory review process was challenging; Steward and United Optum have decided not to move forward,” Steward said in a Friday afternoon statement. “Stewardship Health remains a valuable asset that provides excellent care for its patients; there are multiple other parties that remain interested in acquiring the business and Steward is in active negotiations.”
The sale of Stewardship Health is a key part of Steward’s bankruptcy restructuring, a process that is still playing out with bids due for Massachusetts hospitals next month. One investment banker working on Steward’s behalf told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that the sale of Stewardship was the company’s “attempt to deleverage and secure liquidity for use in their operations.”
Man beaten, choked with baton in Cohasset road rage attack, police say
A person was beaten with a baton in a road rage attack on a highway in Cohasset, Massachusetts, Friday, police said.
The alleged assailant, Gregory D. Knowles, of Hingham, was arrested Friday night and the expandable police-style baton was fou…
Warm and pleasant start to July; holiday week forecast
Starting July, temperatures are expected to slightly cooler than normal, in the upper 70s Monday through New England.
While still humid, there’s very little rain Monday. Most of the showers that we see Monday won’t be long-lived. They’ll be scattered at best and isolated through the early afternoon and evening.
As the clouds break, temperatures Monday night will continue to cool into the upper 50s across the burbs of Boston, MetroWest and the central part of the state. It will be a nice night to sleep with the windows open and give the A/C a break.
With pleasant air on the rise and humidity backing off, Tuesday provides dry and sunny skies. Wednesday is dry as well, but a touch warmer in the low 80s.
For Independence Day, the rain will be nearby, but only as the system is weakening overhead. For now, most of the region’s showers will take place in the morning to mid-morning time frame, allowing for a rain-free Thursday night.
The heat and humidity will be present, so those outdoors for celebrations should stay hydrated.
In the tropics, Hurricane Beryl continues to blitz through the Grenadines and the Caribbean. As of Monday morning, its winds were near 130 miles an hour. It’s in rare company as the only Category 4 storm in the Tropical Atlantic for the month of June, and the earliest to ever be recorded in the Atlantic.
