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Prosecutors say witness in Trump’s classified documents case retracted false testimony
Politics The witness retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president. An aerial view of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Steve Helber, File By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press August 23, 2023 | 8:16 AM WASHINGTON (AP) […]
North Andover suffered nearly $30 million in flooding damages from Aug. 8 storm, town manager says
Weather “The impacts of that unprecedented rainfall reverberated throughout our community with residents, businesses and our own buildings…in ways never seen before,” the town manager wrote in a letter to MEMA. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton passes a flood line as he walks into the basement of Jaime’s Restaurant. He was touring the damage caused by […]
Man arrested for allegedly placing large rocks in a Kingston road, causing damage to vehicles
Crime A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly placing large rocks in the middle of a Kingston road repeatedly over the past 6 months, resulting in multiple car accidents, Kingston Police said. Cameron Currier of Kingston was arrested and charged with 11 counts of malicious damage to a motor vehicle and nine counts of attempting […]
Search for evidence in Ana Walshe case in Peabody ‘yielded nothing,’ DA says
Crime Prosecutors have accused Cohasset resident Brian Walshe of murdering his wife Ana in the early hours of New Year’s Day and then dismembering her body. Ana Walshe and her husband, Brian. Facebook Authorities searched an area of Peabody Tuesday in connection with the murder of Ana Walshe, but left empty-handed, according to the Norfolk […]
50-year-old-man dies in multi-vehicle Brookline crash
Local News The man possibly suffered a medical episode while driving with his wife, causing their vehicle to crash into multiple others, police say. A multi-vehicle crash on Warren Street Sunday afternoon left a 50-year-old man dead and 4 other injured, police say. A 50-year-old man who was driving with his wife died in a […]
Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island
Politics FILE – Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved […]
Here’s what we learned from the ‘Nightline’ segment on Karen Read
Crime Accused of killing boyfriend John O’Keefe, Karen Read opened up about their relationship and shared her version of events from the night he died. Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged in the death of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, spoke to “Nightline” for a segment aired this week. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Karen Read proclaimed her […]
The state’s police disciplinary records database is now public; here’s how to access it
Crime The database includes disciplinary records from thousands of officers and hundreds of agencies. A database of police disciplinary reports was released Tuesday by Massachusetts’ police oversight board. Adobe Stock The state’s police accountability board made a database publicly available on Tuesday that includes thousands of disciplinary records from law enforcement agencies. Part of the […]
Taunton woman admits to bribing RMV employee to issue driver’s licenses without a road test
Politics Neta Centio took money from several learner’s permit holders and used CashApp to split the money with the road examiner, prosecutors said. The Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles, where an internal investigation by MassDOT and the RMV determined that approximately 2,100 customers were given road test passing scores without taking the road test. Barry […]
Belmont woman rescued, carried down N.H. mountain after suffering ankle injury
Local News New Hampshire Fish and Game officers and volunteers hiked her down the mountain in a stretcher. New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers and volunteers rescued a Massachusetts woman who twisted her ankle while hiking Mt. Willard over the weekend, the Fish and Game department reported in a press release. Karen Glover, 55, […]