February 09, 2010, 2:32 PM
The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which he suffered a neck injury so severe it damaged his windpipe.
February 06, 2010, 11:25 AM
BOSTON — The state’s highest court Friday overturned the conviction of a man accused of sending sexually graphic instant messages to a 13-year-old girl, ruling that such messages aren’t banned by Massachusetts law.
January 28, 2010, 1:43 AM
BOSTON — William Harvey Jr., a city of Boston outreach worker, was shot in the head in the line of duty last summer, and only WBUR’s David Boeri paid much attention at the time. Boeri answers some questions about the changes his reporting helped to bring about.
January 28, 2010, 1:43 AM
BOSTON — This is an update on a story WBUR’s David Boeri broke earlier this month. Because of that report, a city of Boston outreach worker shot in the head in the line of duty is closer to getting the recognition and financial help that many say he deserves. The case of William Harvey Jr. has also led to a call for giving added protections to city street workers in the future.
January 27, 2010, 11:04 PM
BOSTON — The Boston Archdiocese is releasing more information about three abusive priests with ties to Ireland who worked in Boston. The Archdiocese says the three men were never accused of abuse before or while they worked here.
January 27, 2010, 5:14 AM
BOSTON — For the first time, the Boston Archdiocese has confirmed that some priests who were accused of sexual abuse in Ireland were then transferred to Boston. An Irish government report last year outlined rampant clergy sex abuse in Ireland, but the Boston Archdiocese has never before acknowledged that any o f those priests worked here.
January 12, 2010, 5:07 AM
BOSTON — When Boston Police announced a sharp drop in violent crime during the last year, they credited the collaboration of police and community outreach workers who target gang members and try to lure them away from the violence. But the recent shooting of an unarmed street worker has led to questions about their safety, and whether the city does enough to help them through the traumas of their job.
January 11, 2010, 10:20 PM
BOSTON — Norman Porter, a convicted murderer and former fugitive who won widespread support as a model for personal reformation, will remain behind bars, the state parole board decided Wednesday.
January 11, 2010, 5:23 AM
BOSTON — A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring prosecutors to put chemists on the witness stand to certify their lab reports is causing delays and headaches in courtrooms across the state.
January 05, 2010, 5:50 AM
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — A Northampton man has been arrested for allegedly starting a deadly fire that killed two people last month.
December 31, 2009, 12:10 PM
BOSTON — The U.S. Embassy in Nepal had previously granted visas only to the widow and brother of Surenda Dangol because of concerns the family would overstay the visa if the daughter came as well.
December 30, 2009, 8:21 AM
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — More than 300 people showed up for a meeting in Northampton Tuesday night, just blocks away from Sunday’s destructive and deadly fires. They came to get information and to tell city officials a thing or two about feeling unsafe and wanting something to be done about that.
December 29, 2009, 7:22 AM
As the investigation into Sunday morning’s rash of fires in Northampton continues, area citizens are dealing with the realities of local arson.
December 28, 2009, 7:21 AM
Northampton, MASS. — State, local and federal officials are working together to try to find who’s responsible for a string of fires that killed two people in Northampton on Sunday morning.
December 18, 2009, 2:12 PM
BOSTON — A Massachusetts state senator who injured two people in a hit-and-run accident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to six months home confinement.
