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Boston Municipal Court Judge Mark Summerville addresses the court room, while holding an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while he was on trial, Monday, March 31, 2025, in Boston. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Federal judge drops contempt case against ICE agent over arrest outside Boston courthouse

A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an ICE agent whose arrest of man during his trial sparked criticism among the law enforcement community in Boston.
April 15
CAPTION CORRECTS TIMELINE - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, left, and his lawyer, John O’Brien, leave to Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Connecticut, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/David Collins)

Driver acquitted in bikers’ deaths in New Hampshire pleads guilty to impaired driving in Connecticut

April 14
A Homeland Security vehicle, right, is parked outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, April 19, 2023, in Boston. . (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Massachusetts lawmaker charged with defrauding a trade group and trying to cover it up

April 11
FILE- In this image taken from security camera video, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in new court filing

April 11
Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution

April 4

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Family of teen arrested on his way to volleyball practice asks immigration officials to release him

Family members of an 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student arrested on his way to volleyball practice are pleading with immigration officials to release him.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Massachusetts on Election Day

October 25, 2024
FILE- Defendant Karen Read, center, departs Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Karen Read’s defense pushes to get charges dropped in her murder case

October 25, 2024

Two fishing buddies rescue man from hull of capsized boat off Nantucket

October 24, 2024

Parents of Massachusetts high schooler disciplined for using AI sue school

October 22, 2024
Lindsay Ruck, a server at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport restaurants, pauses in Terminal 3 as she is anticipates the vote on Arizona Prop 138 on minimum wage Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide

October 21, 2024

Former United Way worker convicted of taking $6.7M from nonprofit through secret company

October 17, 2024
FILE — Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

Prosecutors ask Massachusetts’ highest court to allow murder retrial for Karen Read

October 17, 2024

Leaf-peepers are flocking to see New England’s brilliant fall colors

October 15, 2024
In this recently undated photo shows a former President Donald Trump campaign endorsement projected on a water tower in Hanson, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP)

Town fines resident who projected Trump sign onto municipal water tower

October 14, 2024

Massachusetts pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison in Michigan for meningitis outbreak deaths

October 11, 2024

Massachusetts pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison for meningitis outbreak deaths

October 11, 2024
People display signs with with a likeness of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a State Police Academy training exercise, at a protest outside the State Police Academy graduation ceremony, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

State police graduation takes on somber tone as officials remember recruit who died

October 9, 2024

Explaining Election Day: If the polls just closed, how can AP already declare a winner?

October 9, 2024
Gun shop owner and 2nd Amendment advocate Toby Leary announces outside the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, that firearms activists have collected enough signatures to place a question on the Massachusetts 2026 ballot that would repeal the state's new sweeping gun law. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Gun activists say they are aiming to put Massachusetts gun law repeal on 2026 ballot

October 8, 2024

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October 8, 2024

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October 7, 2024
This October 2024 photo provided by Newhouse Wildlife Rescue shows Nibi, a 1-year-old beaver, at the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Mass. (Jane Newhouse/Newhouse Wildlife Rescue via AP)

Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decides

October 3, 2024

Plight of Nibi the rescued beaver lands in Massachusetts court

October 2, 2024
FILE — Ghost guns are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department, in San Francisco, Nov. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Massachusetts governor puts new gun law into effect immediately

October 2, 2024
This October 2024 photo provided by Newhouse Wildlife Rescue shows Nibi, a 1-year-old beaver, at the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Mass. (Jane Newhouse/Newhouse Wildlife Rescue via AP)

Nibi the beaver’s fate lands in court as rescuers try to stop her release into the wild

October 3, 2024

Massachusetts couple charged with casting ballots in New Hampshire

October 2, 2024
FILE - This image released by Craftsman shows Frank Fritz from the History channel series "American Pickers," during the Craftsman Finding America's Treasures event at the Sears Hometown Store in Clinton, Iowa on May 7, 2011. Fritz, a Davenport native, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 at age 60. (Mark Hirsch/Craftsman via AP)

Frank Fritz of the reality TV Show ‘American Pickers’ dies at 60

October 1, 2024
A passer-by walks past an entrance to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Steward Health Care CEO files a lawsuit against a US Senate panel over contempt resolution

September 30, 2024
FILE - Trash is unloaded at the Otay Landfill in Chula Vista, Calif., Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it

September 30, 2024
Sandra Garcia, center, sits with other family members as pallbearers carry the casket of her son, Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, during his funeral service at the Mercadante Funeral Home in Worcester, Mass., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2024. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via AP)

Massachusetts police gather at funeral for trooper recruit who died during training

September 29, 2024

Massachusetts governor says a hospital was seized through eminent domain to keep it open

September 27, 2024
FILE - Police stand guard outside the federal courthouse in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

A Massachusetts woman accused of running a high-end brothel network pleads guilty

September 27, 2024
Danielle Dauphinais, who was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of witness tampering in the death of her five-year-old son Elijah Lewis, appears in Hillsborough Superior Court South, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

Mother pleads guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son whose body was found in a park

September 27, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO

September 25, 2024
FILE — Karen Read departs Norfolk Superior Court following a day of jury selection in her trial, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Court asked to dismiss murder charge against Karen Read in death of her police officer boyfriend

September 25, 2024
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