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Judge quashes subpoenas in Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve’s Powell
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (99+ words) Judge quashes subpoenas in Justice Department's investigation of Federal Reserve's Powell'Boston Herald The investigation into testimony last June by Chair Jerome Powell about a $2.5 billion building renovation has also delayed Senate consideration of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to…...
ICE buys $87M warehouse in Pennsylvania − can local officials block a detention facility?
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (663+ words) Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) Immigration and Customs Enforcement finalized the purchase of a 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in February 2026. The agency paid US$87 million for the warehouse, intended for development into a detention center. The…...
Danvers mother, 68, slain in ‘random’ knife attack, Lynn teen charged with murder
1+ day, 52+ min ago (262+ words) An 18-year-old male was arrested and charged with murder after Danvers police found a 68-year-old woman dead in her home from multiple apparent stab wounds in what authorities are calling a "random attack." Lynn residents called police after they saw…...
Boston date-rape survivor blasts Mayor Wu for prioritizing booze-joint expansion over public safety
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (916+ words) A date rape drug survivor blasted the Wu administration for boasting about adding hundreds of new liquor licenses to bolster Boston's economy while failing to backstop that move with nightlife protections to ensure safe'drinking for patrons. Boston resident Ilana Katz…...
Mass State Police withhold Sgt. Scott Quigley’s 8 cruiser crash reports
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (522+ words) Before State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley crashed head-on into a wheelchair van in 2023 " while on duty and allegedly intoxicated " he'd been involved in seven other cruiser crashes. According to a Mass State Police cruiser crash driver history obtained by the…...
‘Not a drink fest’: Public safety officials give warning ahead of Southie Parade
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (569+ words) Boston's first responders are reminding attendees that Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Parade is not a "drink fest," so the drones will be watching. The parade, which is also meant to celebrate Evacuation Day, will begin around 11:30 a.m., starting at Andrew Square,…...
ROTC students at Old Dominion subdued and killed the shooter who killed 1 person, wounded 2
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1222+ words) By JONATHAN MATTISE, OLIVIA DIAZ, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER ROTC students in an Old Dominion University classroom subdued and killed the shooter who killed one person and wounded two others, the FBI announced Thursday. Dominique Evans, special agent…...
Massachusetts charter schools subject to public records law, Supreme Judicial Court rules
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (180+ words) Massachusetts charter schools are public entities and must comply with the public records law, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a case between Mystic Valley Regional Charter School and the Attorney General. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed a lawsuit…...
Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (635+ words) By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers Closing statements in the trial began Thursday at the Spring Street Courthouse in Los Angeles. Lawyers representing the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman, and those representing the two defendants, Meta and Google-owned…...
Competency review ordered for leader of cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to 6 deaths
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (470+ words) By BRIAN WITTE and HOLLY RAMER Jack LaSota, a transgender woman who goes by "Ziz," was supposed to be in federal court for a two-day hearing on whether to suppress evidence collected as a result of her arrest in Frostburg,…...