Public Safety
A Suffolk Superior Court has overturned the 1995 murder-one conviction of Sean K. Ellis, age 40, for the 1993 murder of Boston Detective John J. Mulligan, paving the way for a new trial. In a 70-page ruling, Justice Carol Ball affirmed nearly all grounds... Read more
House Speaker Robert DeLeo has reached out to a victim's advocacy group to discuss state funding for witness protection efforts.
Boston lawmakers are pushing for passage next week of a budget amendment, sponsored by Rep. Evandro Carvalho, increasing a... Read more
A federal grand jury last week indicted two men on charges they tried to murder a man they thought was talking to the feds about the sex trafficking ring one of them allegedly ran.
Raymond Jeffreys, 27, of Dorchester, had already been charged as a... Read more
Editor's Note: Today, Judge Carol Ball issued a 70 page ruling that will grant Sean Ellis– convicted of the 1993 murder of Boston Police Detective John Mulligan— a new trial, citing new information that was not heard by jurors at his previous trial.... Read more
The City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal by Councilor Charles Yancey for hearings on the imminent demolition of the Casey Overpass - several years after state officials announced the plans and months after construction crews began tearing down... Read more
As subway officials prepare to winterize tracks on the Red and Orange lines, the head of the MBTA said riders should expect shuttle buses along the above-ground routes this summer and fall.
"In order to get ready for next winter we'll probably be busing... Read more
Actor Mark Wahlberg's pardon request remains on the back burner, a top state official said Wednesday.
"His petition is pending," said Charlene Bonner, chair of the Parole Board, which also handles pardon and commutation recommendations and decides whether... Read more
The MBTA, which shoulders significant debt from past borrowing efforts, spent just over half of the amount budgeted for capital projects in 2014, contributing to "chronic underinvestment" and a backlog of unaddressed maintenance needs, a task force... Read more
The MBTA's unsustainable operating budget is hamstrung by "stagnating" revenues, costs that are growing at twice the rate of inflation, and a fleet that is the oldest among its peer transit systems, according to details of a draft task force report.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers responding to a report of gunfire around 11:25 a.m. on Tuesday at 332 Harvard St. first had to wait for firefighters to douse the flames in a first-floor apartment.
Once inside, police say, officers discovered... Read more
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