3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (289+ words) A man who allegedly walked down Memorial Drive in May, erratically firing a gun at cars and striking two people, was charged Thursday with more than 40 additional charges, including six counts of “armed assault to murder.” Tyler Brown, 47, who was…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (445+ words) Schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, will remain closed through the week, as city, state and federal officials continue an investigation into a district wide cyber attack that began just before Labor Day. Elementary school families have been figuring out what young…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (621+ words) An inquest has begun into the death of a 64-year-old man who was fatally shot by Cambridge Police in Central Square last month. Two weeks after the shooting on Aug. 21, a district court judge on Wednesday began an examination of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (787+ words) A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, on the seventh…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) A jury found Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins not guilty on charges of extortion Wednesday, attorney Martin Weinberg for the defense told GBH News. After the verdict came down, Weinberg said Tompkins was grateful that the jury reached the correct…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (225+ words) Massachusetts state Rep. Francisco Paulino, a Methuen Democrat, was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of unlawful-monetary transactions in state federal court. The charges stem from a federal investigation into Paulino’s alleged misuse of COVID…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (497+ words) A federal district court judge heard opening statements on Tuesday in the criminal trial of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins. Tompkins faces two counts of extortion stemming from his dealings with one-time political operative turned marijuana entrepreneur Frank Perullo, according…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (428+ words) The trial of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who is accused of two counts of extortion in relation to dealings he had with political operative turned marijuana entrepreneur Frank Perullo, begins on Aug. 24 and is expected to last two weeks,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (171+ words) WGBH Pop culture: AI artists on Spotify, 'A Different World' reboot and Tupac's murder trial It’s been 30 years since the iconic rapper Tupac Shakur died after being shot in Las Vegas in September 1996. Three decades later, the trial against Duane…...