The former CEO of a New Hampshire addiction rehab center has been federally charged with directing a harassment campaign against journalists and their families in response to negative coverage. A Federal grand jury indicted Eric Spofford, 40, of Salem, N.H., and Miami, Fla., on several interstate stalking-related charges. In March 2022, New Hampshire Public Radio […]
ICE Detains Dozens of Migrants in Wide Nantucket Island Operation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials reported on Tuesday taking about 40 people into custody on Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard in a largescale operation that netted members of the dangerous MS-13 gang as well as at least one child sex offender. “ICE officers and FBI, DEA and ATF agents worked together to arrest a significant […]
12/15: The Takeout: Rep. Seth Moulton
12/15: The Takeout: Rep. Seth Moulton – CBS News Watch CBS News Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton joins Major Garrett to discuss the state of the Democratic Party and what it should do to attract voters and make gains in the midterm elections and beyond. Also discussed, are the challenges President-elect Donald Trump faces in handling […]
Massachusetts man driving a Corvette caught speeding 140 mph: Police
A Bay State man driving a Corvette was caught speeding around a whopping 140 mph over Memorial Day weekend, according to police. Salem man Brandon Babcock, 22, was charged with reckless driving and disobeying an officer after he allegedly sped on I-93 in New Hampshire on Monday. Troopers assigned to the Special Enforcement Unit used […]
Trump eyes more cuts to Harvard grants
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to divert billions in grant dollars away from Harvard University and give those funds to trade schools across the U.S., escalating his clash with the elite institution. “I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to […]
‘I felt called to serve’: Marine severely injured in evacuation of Afghanistan receives Bay State honor
When the planes hit the twin towers on September 11, 2001, Tyler Vargas-Andrews was just three years old. He couldn’t have known it then, but the events of that day and the subsequent decades-long war which followed would shape his life in profound and lasting ways — far more than the average American or even […]
One killed in Dorchester double shooting
One man has died and another victim remains in critical condition following a shooting in Dorchester on Saturday night, Boston Police reported Sunday. At about 9:47 p.m. Saturday night, police responded to a shot spotter activation around 38 Franklin Hill Ave. in Dorchester, BPD stated. At the scene, officers found two victims with gunshot wounds. […]
MS-13 gang leader in Massachusetts ‘Little Crazy’ admits to committing unsolved murder
A local MS-13 gang leader known as “Little Crazy” has admitted to committing a previously unsolved murder, according to the feds. Jose Vasquez, also known as “Little Crazy” and “Cholo,” has pleaded guilty to his role in the 2010 murder of a man in Chelsea. Vasquez, 31, the leader of the MS-13 “clique” in Somerville, […]
Karen Read murder retrial: Complete trial 2.0 coverage
Mansfield’s Karen Read is on her second trial for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, on Jan. 29, 2022. Here’s an index to all of the Herald’s coverage. It is the second time Read is on trial. She was tried a year ago on the same charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter […]
Fallen service members remembered with U.S. flag display on the Common
As they do every year ahead of Memorial Day, volunteers placed tens of thousands of U.S. flags around Boston Common’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on Wednesday in tribute to the many fallen U.S. service members who called the Bay State home. Beginning from the years ahead of our nation’s founding on to the present, more […]