Massachusetts

Did Karen Read kill her Boston police officer boyfriend or was she framed? We’re still awaiting a jury’s verdict Monday morning.

Deliberations will enter their fifth day Monday.

Legal experts and many members of the public who’ve been following this trial definitely felt we’d have a verdict by last week.

But with the way Friday ended, it’s hard to gauge that timeline now.

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Midday Friday, the jury sent a note to the judge saying that after an “exhaustive” review of the evidence, they had been unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

After hearing from attorneys on both sides, Judge Beverly Cannone sent jurors back to continue deliberations, citing the fact that they have nine weeks of testimony to consider from 74 witnesses, including 657 exhibits.

Legal experts say it’s common for judges to send a deadlocked jury back to continue deliberations a couple of times before reading them further instructions laying out what’s expected of jurors, even when they cannot agree.

Read’s defense team was in favor of reading those instructions on Friday, while the prosecution was not.

“The note doesn’t really indicate affirmatively they can’t come to a conclusion, it just says that they haven’t come to a conclusion through their deliberative process at this time,” said Assistant District Attorney Adam Lally.

“They’re communicating to the court that they’ve exhausted all manner of compromise, all manner of persuasion and they’re at an impasse,” said defense attorney David Yannetti.

Now, we’ve got the 4th of July holiday looming, which is sure to be on jurors’ minds as they begin Day 5 of deliberations Monday morning.

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The man arrested in connection to this fire in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is set to appear in court Monday.

The Squealing Pig went up in flames last week, and police arrested 23-year-old Prasiddha Baruwal this weekend, who they believe set the business on fire intentionally. 

Video shows a person inside The Squealing Pig last Wednesday, which has smashed windows, while flames erupted.

Arson investigators believe that was Baruwal, of Everett, inside although how or why he’s involved is unclear. 

The business is a total loss, according to authorities.

While firefighters were able to get the flames knocked down in 15 minutes, they had already ravaged everything inside and created such an inferno that a nearby light pole and street sign melted.

And it’s left customers who went there often really frustrated that someone would do this on purpose.

“It’s pretty crazy. I’ve been there a couple times before. It’s a really nice spot, yeah pretty insane to think that someone would want to intentionally do that,” said Joe Abell, northeastern student.

Baruwal is charged with arson of a commercial building, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and will malicious destruction of property.

Former employees and witnesses were interviewed about this, but Baruwal is the only suspect in custody. He faces a Roxbury District Court judge at 9 a.m. Monday. 

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Lots of sunshine heading our way for the holiday week. Monday will be partly to mostly cloudy with a noticeable dip in humidity.

A shower or two possible midday, but that will move out by late afternoon and clear out those skies into the eveni…

A very warm and humid afternoon is ahead which is setting the stage for severe storms to develop now through early tonight along a cold front sliding across the region. 

The main threat with these storms will be damaging wind, hail, and heavy rain which may cause localized flooding, an isolated tornado is possible as well, timing will be between 1-2pm through around 9pm early tonight. 

Storms will develop over western MA into Vermont and New Hampshire and slide eastward into the Boston area by 3PM and eventually making into southeast MA by 5pm, more storms will likely develop throughout the evening into early tonight before winding down by around 9-10pm. 

High temperatures will reach the mid to upper 80s, mid to upper 70s Cape and Islands.

Monday will feature drier conditions with some morning sunshine and building afternoon clouds, some of which may produce an isolated shower or storm. 

Highs in the mid to upper 70s with lower humidity.  We remain on the dry side with low humidity and temperatures in the 80s both Tuesday and Wednesday.

Warmer, a bit more humid Independence Day with an isolated afternoon shower or storm.  Highs in the mid to upper 80s.

Have a great Sunday!

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Triple A is expecting travel numbers to exceed pre-pandemic numbers by about 8%, making this the busiest fourth of July ever.

Around 70.9 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more over the next week. That includes 5.74 million people hopping on planes, 60.6 million hitting the roads and 4.6 million using other modes of transportation like buses, cruises and trains.

Airports are expected to be packed throughout the week with a record number of travelers. Triple A is recommending people get to the airport 2 hours early, reserve parking ahead of time, and traveling with carry-on luggage to save time and money.

In fact, the average round-trip plane ticket on a domestic flight is around $800 right now, according to triple A. Most people are heading to the Pacific Northwest with top destinations in Seattle, Vancouver and Anchorage. Beaches in South Florida, Honolulu and Punta Cana also in high demand.

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