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June 20, 2019

Woman suing Harvard over slave portraits gains support of controversial prof's relatives

A Connecticut woman suing Harvard University for 19th-century images of slaves she says were her ancestors has been backed by descendants of the professor who commissioned the images in a bid to prove blacks were inferior to whites.

June 20, 2019

Police departments rethink approach to battling addiction crisis

As the epidemic continues to break records, police departments are shifting strategies of how they interact with people with addiction.

June 19, 2019

Kevin Spacey evidence missing? Accuser can't find phone he needs to hand over to defense, lawyer says

An attorney for a man who has accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a Nantucket bar says the man cannot find a cellphone he has been ordered to turn over to the defense.

June 18, 2019

Human remains found behind newly purchased Massachusetts home

A Massachusetts contractor preparing a newly purchased home for its owner’s move-in day next month has discovered a set of human remains in its backyard. 

June 18, 2019

Massachusetts mom 'in shock' after snake bites 9-month-old baby in kitchen

A 5-foot-long snake slithered into a Boston home on Saturday and bit a 9-month-old baby playing on the kitchen floor, his mother claimed.

June 15, 2019

Rare blue lobster heading to aquarium, spared by Massachusetts seafood restaurant

A Massachusetts seafood restaurant that found a rare blue lobster in a shipment last week reportedly plans to donate the crustacean to an aquarium.  

June 14, 2019

Taxpayers paid $127G in legal bills for judge accused of helping illegal immigrant avoid ICE: report

A Massachusetts judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade ICE has had $127,000 in legal fees paid by taxpayers, according to a report.

June 12, 2019

Ex-Stanford sailing coach avoids prison time in college admissions scandal

Stanford University's former sailing coach, who received hundreds of thousands of dollars for his program in exchange for helping prospective students get recruited to the elite school as athletes, was sentenced Wednesday to two years of supervised release by a federal judge in Boston.

June 12, 2019

Second arrest made in connection to David Ortiz shooting

A spokeswoman for the national prosecutor's office in the Dominican Republic said a second person has been arrested in the investigation into the shooting of former Red Sox star David Ortiz. There is no public indication the man is the suspected shooter. Spokeswoman Julieta Tejeda reported the arrest to a group of journalists via WhatsApp on Tuesday night but declined to provide further details.

June 11, 2019

Man linked to David Ortiz shooting to be charged with accomplice to attempted murder

The first arrests in the Sunday night shooting of Red Sox legend David Ortiz on the streets of Santo Domingo have been made, according to reports. Motorcyclist, Eddy Vladimir Féliz Garcia, who had a 2017 arrest for drug possession, was one of several people in custody as of Tuesday afternoon, as The Boston Globe reported.