Court OKs trial for girl who texted boyfriend urging suicide
By DENISE LAVOIE A teenager who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to take his own life and telling him to “get back in” a truck filled…
Massachusetts state government
Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies
By SYLVIA WINGFIELD and MARK PRATT Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate,…
GUILTY PLEA EXPECTED IN MASS. DRUG LAB SCANDAL
FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2012 file photo, former Masachusetts state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan sits in Suffolk Superior Court before her arraignment in Boston. Dookhan, who allegedly…
MASS. VOTERS TO DECIDE US SENATE PRIMARY WINNERS
By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., addresses an audience during a campaign rally in Boston’s South Boston neighborhood, Monday,…
1 OF 2 MASS. BOMB SUSPECTS DEAD; SUBURBS SHUT DOWN
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MEGHAN BARR and KATIE ZEZIMA An FBI official arrives at the Watertown neighborhood of Boston, Friday, April 19, 2013. Reports of explosives being detonated and police are…
FORMER MASS. US SENATOR NOT RULING OUT RUN IN NH
By STEVE PEOPLES Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts sits at a table during the 11th Annual “Keeping the Dream Alive” dinner commemorating the anniversary of Martin Luther King…