No more phone Covid trackers
State promises it won't work with Google again to install disease-tracking software on people's phones
December 15
The state Department of Public Health and some Western Massachusetts residents have reached a settlement of a lawsuit over the department's work with Google during the pandemic to auto-install an Android phone app that would alert users if they came near somebody...
Former associate at multinational law firm with Boston office charges partner raped her, broke into her home
December 15
A former associate at DLA Piper, who worked at the law firm's office on Arch Street downtown, today sued a former partner and the firm over the way he allegedly raped her, broke into her Boston-area home, strangled her and ruined her legal career....
Court ends online spat in Malden by sending both combatants to their rooms
December 15
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today dismissed two Malden men's legal claims against each other over comments in a discussion in a Malden political forum on Facebook a couple years ago.
What's old is new at the Globe: Brian McGrory to become editor again
December 15
Dan Kennedy says stop the presses: Brian McGrory, who retired as Globe editor to become head of the BU journalism department, is returning Jan. 5 to replace Nancy Barnes, who replaced him, as editor....
ICE thugs beat legal resident into a concussion, were about to drive her to a cell, only stopped when Chelsea PD arrived and suggested they check her ID
December 15
ICE agents staking out Chelsea District Court on Sept. 26 dragged a woman with a green card and her autistic 13-year-old son out of a car after smashing in its windows and, after slamming her to the ground and threatening her child with arrest, were about to haul her off to God knows where when Chelsea police officers arrived and suggested to...
Red Line service is tabled when a train gets disabled
December 15
Ari Ofsevit reports from Harvard Square.
