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Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday morning to discuss what he called “significant developments” in a decades-old unsolved murder case.

The press conference is set for 11:30 a.m. at the district attorney’s office in Springfield.

No details were released ahead of time about the specific case involved.

According to WWLP, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office has a cold case unit dedicated to unsolved homicides. The unit has closed at least five cold cases in recent years, including one dating back to 1966.

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A section of Route 1 northbound in Peabody, Massachusetts, is shut down on Wednesday morning due to an overturned truck.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Route 1 north is closed at the Lake Street overpass due to the crash. Traffic is being detoured to Interstate 95.

In #Peabody, Route 1 NB closed at Lake Street overpass due to overturned truck. Traffic being detoured to I-95.

— Mass. Transportation (@MassDOT) November 13, 2024

The crash was reported shortly after 7 a.m. There was no immediate word on injuries.

Aerial video of the scene showed the truck on its side, blocking both lanes of traffic.

No further details were immediately available.

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Karen Read‘s defense team is set to face a judge on Wednesday. The hearing comes off a major move by the defense to block prosecutors from coming for one of Read’s parents.

Although Read has a pretrial hearing in court on Wednesday, there is another member of her family in the spotlight — her father.

A new 27-page filing submitted Tuesday details a lengthy request for a judge to deny prosecutors access to William Read’s cell phone records.

Prosecutors for the Karen Read murder trial are adamant that William Read made conflicting statements about his daughter that they think are hidden somewhere in his calls or texts.

Karen Read is accused of ramming into her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022. Her attorneys argue she is being framed and that other law enforcement officers are responsible for O’Keefe’s death.

A judge declared a mistrial in June after finding that jurors couldn’t reach an agreement. A retrial on the same charges is set to begin in January.

Read’s defense refers to the request for William Read’s phone records as a “fishing expedition,” stating in pleadings that Massachusetts State Police have already searched his phone, they never called him as witness in first trial and it is also an invasion of her privacy.

Wednesday’s hearing in Norfolk Superior Court is scheduled for 10 a.m.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A fire broke out overnight in a building in Hyannis, Massachusetts, destroying several businesses.

Video from the scene showed flames shooting out of the building on Center Street.

The call came in around 12:30 a.m. Several businesses are housed in the structure, including a hair salon and a restaurant.

It’s not clear where the fire started, but the wind sent thick smoke into the apartment building next door.

The fire crews faced intense conditions, as strong winds and drought conditions made it difficult to knock down the flames.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Two buildings caught fire overnight in Southbridge, Massachusetts.

The large fire broke out around 3:24 a.m. on Union Street. Two 3-story buildings housing six families each caught fire, and heavy fire was coming from the back side of the building when firefighters arrived. Video showed flames shooting from the windows.

Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to a third building nearby.

Fire crews were still working to douse the flames as of 5:30 a.m. Several departments were on scene putting water on the smoldering building. The concern is that it is so dry and they don’t want the blaze to spread beyond the two buildings.

All of the residents got out of the buildings safely.

Fire Chief Paul Normandin said 30 people were displaced, and a shelter was opened up on Chestnut Street. The American Red Cross is also responding to assist residents.

Several neighbors said they saw someone outside who threw something at the building just before the fire broke out.

“He showed up like around 1:58 and at like 3 o’clock he just threw something at the building and the whole building caught fire,” one neighbor said. “I just heard my dogs going crazy, so we looked a the cameras and he was facing the camera, so we caught him on camera.”

Normandin said his department and the State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating the cause of the fire. He said it’s too soon to say if it was suspicious.

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