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  Karen Read 10 mins ago

  Watch live: Karen Read trial enters 5th week with new witness on the stand

  Week 5 of the Karen Read murder trial is set to get underway on Monday morning after a difficult week full of some graphic testimony. A full day of testimony is expected Monday. The first witness of the day was Nicholas Bradford, a DNA expert with Bode Technologies. Read is accused of hitting John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfr...
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  Karen Read 6 hours ago

  Karen Read trial entering week 5 of witness testimony

  The Karen Read murder trial returns for week five of witness testimony in Norfolk Superior Court on Monday.
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  first alert forecast 7 hours ago

  Breezy and cool to start the workweek

  Monday kicks off the workweek with an early spring feel. Expect breezy northwest winds, a mix of clouds and sunshine, and highs mainly in the 60s.
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  Joe Biden 7 hours ago

  ‘We have his back in this fight': Local leaders, doctors react to Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis

  There’s been a wave of well wishes from Beacon Hill to Washington, D.C., following the news Sunday that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was among those to react on social media, saying that a cancer diagnosis is heartbreaking for any family, and that she...
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  Massachusetts 3 hours ago

  Person airlifted to Boston hospital after falling out of moving vehicle on Cape Cod, suspect in custody

  Officials have released very few details about what happened but the Harwich Fire Department says Massachusetts State Police received a report for a person who fell out of a vehicle near mile marker 82
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  Nick Goss 14 hours ago

  Marchand, Panthers very close to delivering first-round pick to Bruins

  Just one more condition has to be met for the Panthers to send the Bruins a first-round draft pick to complete the Brad Marchand trade.
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  Massachusetts 14 hours ago

  Tragedy avoided: Three rescued from car that plunged into water in Gloucester

  Firefighters, fishermen and other bystanders helped rescue three people from a car that plunged into the water at a park in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Sunday. The car plunged into the water at St. Peter’s Park in Harbor Cove on Sunday morning. Two off-duty firefighters on a boat nearby witnessed the crash, and one immediately jumped into t...
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  Massachusetts 23 mins ago

  Thermo Fisher no longer Massachusetts' most valuable company

  A seismic shift has quietly taken place among Massachusetts’ public companies.
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  Massachusetts 1 hour ago

  18-year-old Falmouth High School senior killed in crash after prom

  Falmouth police say the high school senior died in a single-vehicle crash on Acapesket Road late Saturday night