Thea DiGiammerino

5 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino |Oscar Margain |Asher Klein

Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk is back in Massachusetts after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on Friday. Ozturk had been in Louisiana for over six weeks, after ICE agents pulled her off the street near her Somerville home on March 25. Supporters say it came following an op-ed she co-wrote last year that criticized the school's response to Israel's war in Gaza. She spoke to supporters after she was released from the facility in Louisiana on Friday.

5 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

A man was found dead in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, Friday night and police are investigating the case as an apparent homicide, authorities said. The 55-year-old man was found dead at an address Lookout Terrace, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office. Investigators said he suffered "apparent trauma" and that the death is being investigated as an apparent homicide. Few details were immediately available, but authorities said they do not believe there is any threat to the public.

5 days ago | nbcboston.com | Mary Markos |Thea DiGiammerino

The Miss Maine USA pageant is underway in Portland this weekend and includes some high-profile contestants. Isabelle St. Cyr of Monson is making history as the first transgender woman to compete in the pageant. In an interview with NEWS CENTER Maine before the competition, St. Cyr said she's excited to compete despite receiving some backlash. She said she hopes she can inspire others, especially as the Trump administration targets trans rights.

6 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

One person has died and two others were seriously hurt in a head-on crash on Route 16 in Ossipee, New Hampshire on Thursday. Ossipee police said they were called to the area near 1179 Route 16 around 6:46 p.m. for the crash. Investigators say a Mazda was traveling south when the driver lost control and crashed head-on with a Toyota Highlander that was traveling the opposite direction. A passenger in the Mazda suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at Huggins Hospital.

1 week ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

A 25-year-old Massachusetts man has been convicted of murdering his parents in a 2020 stabbing, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday. Ryan True was arrested in December 2020 after officers conducted a wellbeing check at his parents' home on Highland Street and found Renee True, 55, and David True, 52, dead inside. Both of them had multiple stab wounds and had been left in the home, covered in blankets, according to prosecutors.