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After steel beam falls from Boston tower, construction work is halted
Construction work has been halted on a $1.5 billion skyscraper project over Boston’s South Station amid an investigation into a steel beam that fell more than 20 stories Wednesday. Work on South Station Tower has been shut down, the Boston Inspectional Services Department confirmed Thursday. The federal work site agency OSHA is investigating, a process that could take six months….
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NH husband, wife arrested over child sex abuse imagery
A New Hampshire husband and wife are facing charges for creating images showing the man sexually abusing a child, according to a federal court document. Paul Baird is seen abusing a minor in sexually explicit images that were later shared on the dark web, federal investigators wrote in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in New Hampshire. The pictures were allegedly…
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Irish firefighter accused of raping woman at Boston hotel
A firefighter from Ireland is behind bars in Massachusetts, accused of raping a woman at a Boston hotel last week. Police say Terrence Crosbie was visiting with the Dublin Fire Brigade to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but the 37-year-old never made it there. Instead, he was arrested on the tarmac at Logan Airport. Investigators say he...
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Marking the 34th anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
This week marks 34 years since 13 works were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The unsolved case still haunts Boston to this day, but even as the decades pass, investigators have not given up on locating the paintings and solving the mystery. It was the largest art heist in the world. Anthony Amore, the director of the museum’s…
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Sentencing for Weymouth double-killer Emanuel Lopes is pushed back 3 months
It will take a few more months for Emanuel Lopes to be sentenced for murdering a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, six years ago. On Friday, days before he was due to be sentenced for charges of first- and second-degree murder, the judge in the case agreed to move the hearing back. “I understand that this…
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Lead detective in Karen Read murder case under investigation
A trooper who handled key evidence and witnesses in the murder case against Karen Read is now the subject of an internal investigation by Massachusetts State Police. State police confirmed Wednesday that Michael Proctor is being investigated for a potential violation of department policy but they would not comment on what caused them to probe one of their own. Sources…
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What the $335M for revamping the Mass. Pike will mean for Allston
A major facelift is coming to the Massachusetts Turnpike, one that transit advocates are calling a game-changer — and which commuters hope won’t lead to more traffic. The state won a huge federal grant this week for what is known as the Allston Multimodal Project, which would flatten and realign part of I-90 in Allston, construct a new MBTA station…
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High court considering whether not euthanizing terminally ill pet is a crime in Mass.
Massachusetts’ highest court is taking up a tricky legal case that could impact any pet owner. The Supreme Judicial Court is considering whether or not failing to put down a dying pet should be a crime. The case centers around a woman from Weymouth and her 14-year-old dog, Tipper. Mary Ann Russo said she took her dog to an animal…
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Gunman sentenced in deadly shooting outside Manchester bar
A man faces decades in prison after being found guilty in the shooting death of another man last year outside a bar in Manchester, New Hampshire. The killing of 24-year-old Timothy Pouliot on Jan. 29, 2023, outside The Goat Bar and Grill was caught on camera. In December, a Hillsborough County Superior Court jury convicted 23-year-old Salem resident John Delee…
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Brockton School Committee changes cellphone policy as high school violence continues
Another fight at Brockton High School, one that left a staff member injured, has prompted renewed calls for safety and raised questions about whether or not it is time for the state to take over the school district. Gov. Maura Healey recently rejected a request from some Brockton School committee members to call in the National Guard to deal with…
