Boston Public Schools is investigating a report that a child with inappropriately restrained in one of its schools.
In a statement released to NBC10 Boston on Sunday, Superintendent Mary Driscoll described the incident at James F. Condon K-8 School…
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Large police response underway in Wellesley
There is a large police presence on Barton Road in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Sunday evening.
Police confirmed a large response but did not immediately offer details. The public is asked to avoid the area.
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Mass. guardsman accused of leaking military documents expected to plead guilty
The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of stealing and leaking classified documents is expected to change his plea to guilty on Monday.
The case has made national headlines as Jack Teixeira could face decades in prison. But that could change if he changes his plea to guilty, which is expected at a hearing at a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday. He previously pleaded not guilty in the case against him.
The 22-year-old is accused of sharing classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other sensitive topics on social media.
Teixeira had been working at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod since 2019. He was arrested by the FBI at his home in Dighton last April.
Authorities say Teixeira, who enlisted in the Air National Guard in 2019, began sharing military secrets on the platform Discord around January 2023 – first typing out classified documents and eventually sharing photographs of documents that were marked as secret and top secret. Teixeira worked as a “cyber transport systems specialist,” essentially an IT specialist responsible for military communications networks.
Prosecutors say he did receive warnings from his superiors about the improper viewing of classified materials, but continued to leak documents.
He was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. That carries a sentence of 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $1.5 million.
But NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne says that is likely to be much less under a plea deal.
“What we do know is the likelihood that it will be far less than if he went to trial, lost and was convicted and he could have spent the better part of his life in prison under those circumstances. One would only imagine that the plea arrangement envisions a far less significant sentence,” Michael Coyne explained.
We anticipate an update from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Monday afternoon, after the hearing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Road closures extended as demolition to begin on old factory building in N. Attleborough
The closure of Broadway in North Attleborough will be extended starting Monday as the town works to start demolition of an old factory building which officials say is in danger of collapse.
The Webster Mill building is unsafe and presents a public …
Honoring Chadwick Boseman, wife Simone Leward Boseman speaks on colorectal cancer awareness
Simone Ledward Boseman, wife of Chadwick Boseman who cared for him during his four-year battle with colorectal cancer, visited Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Saturday to raise awareness about the disease.
Her husband, who was known for his starring role as King T’Challa in the ‘Black Panther‘ movie and other appearances in the Marvel franchise, died of the disease in 2020. Since then Ledward Boseman has shared some details of their story publicly, including why they decided to keep the diagnosis private and how it affected their family. She has also become an advocate for early detection.
Dana-Farber’s Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center is among the first centers in the U.S. dedicated to treating both colon and rectal cancer in patients under 50. Ledward Boseman was the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Patient and Family Forum.
“Colorectal cancer is killing young people across the country, and most are vastly underestimating their risk. I’ve seen how this disease moves, and I know now how treatable it is when it’s detected early,” she told attendees. “My personal advocacy stems from this understanding, and from the disappointment I feel in the lack of awareness in my community. We who have this knowledge have an obligation to inform our fellow man. Spreading awareness will save lives.”
Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men under 50 and the second among women of the same age group, according to the American Cancer Society. There is a higher rate of occurrence in Black Americans than any other group.
Overcast conditions continue on Sunday night in New England
Low pressure pulls away from New England this afternoon, but clouds will be a bit stubborn to exit behind it. Overall, this afternoon will shape up to be a pretty decent across the interior of southern and central New England with highs reaching the …
