Judge tosses another suit alleging anti-White bias at exam schools
Group of largely White parents loses again in effort to overturn BPS exam-school admissions policies
March 19
A federal judge today dismissed another suit by a group of parents who alleged the way students are chosen for acceptance to Boston's three exam schools is biased against White and Asian-American students.
311 complaint of the day: How do you throw away an old trash can?
March 19
It sounds like an old standup routine (and it is!), but a resident of Cummins Highway in Roslindale filed a 311 complaint that doesn't sound like they're laughing.
Six from New Hampshire charged with robbing, stomping man at Downtown Crossing Red Line stop on Sunday
March 19
Six people from Manchester, NH, were charged with accosting, then robbing, then beating a man they followed off a Red Line train shortly before 3:25 p.m. on Sunday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Two teens charged with robbing elderly woman at gunpoint in Charlestown
March 19
Boston Police report arresting an 18-year-old and a 14-year old on charges they held up a woman at gunpoint at Mt. Vernon and Adams streets in Charlestown shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Brookline turkey beefs up to fend off rivals
March 19
Mary Ellen reports that ol' Tom here "kept dragging his wings on the ground" to make noise to discourage other males from getting near his ladies on Gardner Road in Brookline this morning ...
Bobby Brainworm charges Massachusetts requiring insurers to cover a medical procedure is against God's will or something
March 19
The federal Department of "Health" and Human Services said today it's launching a civil-rights investigation of 13 states, including Massachusetts, that require insurers to cover abortions, which are a medical procedure that even the Trumpreme Court has said states can regulate.
Boston cop charged with manslaughter for shooting death of carjacking suspect
March 19
Update: The Dorchester Reporter has more details on the charge and arraignment.
Boston Police Officer Nicholas O'Malley, 33, is scheduled for arraignment this morning on a charge of manslaughter...
Cambridge man charged with sending threatening e-mail to FBI director's girlfriend
March 19
A Cambridge man was arrested by the FBI on Friday for allegedly threatening the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel in a fit of anger over the way the FBI was providing a special security detail for her as she flies around the country as an aspiring country-music singer or just goes to get her hair done, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed today.
Person winds up under Red Line train at Davis Square
March 19
A person somehow wound up on the tracks and under the first car of an outbound train at Davis Square around 7:20 a.m., halting service on the Red Line.
