CANTON, Mass. (AP) — John O'Keefe' s title was Boston police officer, but to those who loved him, he was Johnny, J-J or affectionately, the Godfather. His girlfriend once called him "the patron saint of Canton." That girlfriend, Karen Read, is now on trial, accused of killing O'Keefe in a ...
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family's oceanfront view, allegedly felled by ...
BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, in a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections. The two companies will also be required to ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered preliminary recommendations to the school's interim president Alan Garber. The recommendations issued ...
The Massachusetts Senate unveiled its version of a major housing bill Monday, following up on similar proposals by Gov. Maura Healey and the Massachusetts House. Lawmakers hope to approve a compromise version of the bill and get it to Healey's desk before the end of the Legislature's formal ...
After years of work, Denmark is on the cusp of major changes to its ordinance that would curtail large-scale water extraction in the town — an industry largely occupied by the bottled water behemoth Poland Spring. The changes, which will be presented at a June 26 town forum, would block ...
