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5 days ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen |Sean Cotter
A UMass Boston student from Missouri is facing federal charges for allegedly starting a fire at a Tesla dealership in Kansas City last month, officials said. Owen McIntire, 19, made his initial appearance Friday in federal court in Boston on charges brought in Missouri of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce, authorities said. A statement from US Attorney Leah B.
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6 days ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
Prosecutors in the Karen Read case want the judge presiding over her second murder trial to bar the defense from telling jurors at openings that her boyfriend’s injuries were caused by “any person or animal” inside the Canton home the couple drove to before his death. The government made the request in a motion filed Friday in Norfolk Superior Court, where opening statements in Read’s retrial are slated for Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
A federal judge in New Hampshire on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide 72 hours notice before transferring a man violently apprehended Monday by ICE in New Bedford to any facility other than the Dover, N.H., location where he’s currently held. Judge Joseph N.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
The judge in the Karen Read legal saga has given the defense a Friday deadline to give prosecutors more information about two expert witnesses expected to offer testimony favorable to her case when she stands trial again for allegedly killing her boyfriend in Canton, with openings slated for Tuesday. In a ruling issued Wednesday after the final pretrial hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, Judge Beverly J.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
Governor Maura Healey on Thursday blasted the Trump administration for cutting $90 million in disaster preparedness aid meant to help 18 cities and towns in Massachusetts, saying the move “makes our communities less safe and will increase costs for residents, municipalities and businesses.” In a statement, Healey’s office said the sorely needed funding was revoked from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program, also known as BRIC.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
A Newburyport man was allegedly drunk behind the wheel when he fell asleep in Lowell early Wednesday, woke up during a traffic stop, and then led troopers on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of 100 m.p.h. and ended when he was arrested in Lowell, authorities said. In a statement, State Police identified the motorist as Kristopher Cole, 29, who was booked on charges including failure to stop, operating under the influence of alcohol, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
A Chicopee woman recently claimed a $100,000 prize after her winning ticket languished for nearly a year in a drawer until her son exclaimed, “Ma, you got a ticket in that drawer,” the Massachusets State Lottery said Wednesday. In a Facebook post, the Lottery said Margot A. Garstka had been “awarded a FREE Mass Cash ticket back in May of 2024″ during an agency promotion.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
Karen Read returned to court Thursday for her final hearing before her highly anticipated retrial starts next week for allegedly killing her boyfriend in Canton three years ago. Her lawyers and prosecutors haggled over several outstanding issues, including whether an expert witness for the government can tell jurors that wounds on the boyfriend’s arm did not come from a dog bite as the defense alleges.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
“I am a survivor of more than 20 years of captivity and domestic abuse,” said S, adding that he’s “speaking out today to begin the process of reclaiming my life and to have my say in how my story is told.”The man said he’s now much stronger and healthier than when first responders came to his aid on the night of the fire, which he set on Feb. 17. After the blaze, he was “described as being near starvation,” court records show, and at 5 feet 9 inches tall, he weighed just 68 pounds.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen
The family of a teenager killed in a Dartmouth crash last year is suing officials at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School, alleging they ignored the grooming and sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a former staff member who was with him during the one-car accident, records show.
