Two immigrants face violence back home, only one gets a chance to stay here
A tale of two immigrants: Both face possible torture or death if returned to their homelands, but court allows only one to stay
February 19
Niranjan Khanal, originally from Nepal, and Rosa Lidia Cante Mijangos, originally from Guatemala, both face potential violent attacks should they return to their homelands. But in decisions released today, federal appeals-court judges said Khanal (and his wife) can stay, at least for now, while the regime can ship Cante Mijangos back to Guatemala as soon as it can.
311 complaint of the day: Virginia is for lovers - of DCR parking tickets
February 19
A peeved resident files a 311 complaint about a BMW with Virginia plates parked on Boylston Street where it meets Park Drive in the Fenway and alerts us to the news that not only is that weird little bit of Boylston under state jurisdiction, but DCR has parking tickets and it knows how to use them - although the kvetcher says all those warnings and tickets means it's past time to tow the car away.
Teen arrested for attack on Back Bay Orange Line platform, more sought, police say
February 19
Transit Police report on the first of what could be several arrests for the way a man was attacked on the Orange Line platform and wound up banging his head on a moving train Tuesday evening:
Teens push man into side of incoming train at Back Bay
February 19
WBZ reports on an incident on the Orange Line platform at Back Bay that left a man bleeding from a cut to his head around 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
Food fights: Squashed food leads to brawl at JFK/UMass; mozzarella stick flung in Somerville
February 19
Transit Police are investigating a four-on-one fight that broke out at the JFK/UMass Red Line stop when an apparently drunk woman sat right on a bag of food four girls had put down on a bench, around 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday. According to police:...
