Politics Regulators found that Pepén promoted a campaign “kickoff” fundraising event on social media while still working as a public employee. Enrique Pepén celebrates his victory at Guira y Tambora in Roslindale. Barry Chin/Boston Globe Enrique Pepén, who was elected to the Boston City Council earlier this month, was found to have violated campaign finance … [Read more…]
Crime The state’s highest court has ruled that Read can access 24 hours of phone records from a witness who allegedly Googled, “ho[w] long to die in cold.” Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged with murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, appeared in Norfolk County Superior Court for a pretrial hearing on May … [Read more…]
Local News The article would cap rent increases at 7% annually in Brookline. But because rent control is banned in Massachusetts, the proposal must now get state approval. Pedestrians navigate Coolidge Corner in Brookline, where Town Meeting members just passed a rent control measure. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe An article that aims to bring rent … [Read more…]
Local News Latisha Smith was last seen Friday, Nov. 10, around 5 p.m. near Bernard Street, according to Boston police. Latisha Smith, 14, of Dorchester is missing. Boston Police Department Boston police are requesting the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen in a week. Latisha Smith of Dorchester was last … [Read more…]
Local News City paid damages to four who lost their jobs or were disciplined. By Associated Press November 17, 2023 | 9:37 AM BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston has paid $2.6 million to several Black police officers to settle a longstanding federal discrimination lawsuit over a hair test used to identify drug use, … [Read more…]
National News Volkswagen said it could not provide the SUV’s location because the family’s Car-Net subscription had expired, according to the suit. By Kyle Melnick, Washington Post November 17, 2023 | 8:41 AM After parking in front of her Illinois home earlier this year, Taylor Shepherd walked to the back seat of her Volkswagen Atlas … [Read more…]
World News The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said no aid deliveries would be able to enter from Egypt on Friday because of the difficulties coordinating them without phones or internet. Palestinians donate blood at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE … [Read more…]
Crime Marvin Pompilus, 39, was released from prison in October 2021. A Stoughton man who served time in prison for sex trafficking has once again been arrested for sex trafficking, federal prosecutors say. Marvin Pompilus, 39, was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the … [Read more…]
Local News Police are investigating after the vehicle drove into Lake Nippenicket. Bridgewater police A Good Samaritan pulled a woman from her partially submerged car after it ended up in Lake Nippenicket in Bridgewater on Thursday morning. Bridgewater police said officers and the Bridgewater Fire Department responded to the report of a vehicle driving into … [Read more…]
Local News “The amount of wildlife we’ve seen feeding during our fall surveys has really been quite astounding.” A blue whale seen in the Gulf of Maine. Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey team The New England Aquarium on Thursday released a series of aerial photos capturing what the organization has described as … [Read more…]