BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor indicted last year on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane appeared in federal court Monday in Boston for the start of his trial. Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, is getting a bench trial, meaning his fate will be decided by a judge, not a jury. ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening to kill members of the state's Jewish community and a bomb local synagogues, the U.S. attorney's office in Boston said. John Reardon, 59, of Millis, Massachusetts, allegedly called Congregation Agudas Achim in ...
MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the next season. Water washed away seeds planted in the summer at Bear Roots Farm, which grows about 20 acres (8 hectares) of mostly root ...
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A second Rhode Island man charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a New England Patriots game pleaded not guilty Friday. In a brief court appearance, Justin Mitchell, 39 was arraigned in Wrentham District Court ...
BOSTON (AP) — A union representing striking teachers will be fined an additional $50,000 a day if the strike continues next week, a Massachusetts judge ruled Friday, according to The Boston Globe. Public schools in Newton have been closed for six days since the strike began last week. The ...
DENVER (AP) — An American founder of a Haitian orphanage forced four boys who lived in the institution to engage in sexual acts more than a decade ago, a prosecutor said Friday. Michael Geilenfeld, 71, is a "dangerous, manipulative and cunning child sexual predator" who for decades has ...
