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Saugus sued over school enrollment policy apparently impacting migrant families
Lawyers’ groups are seeking public records on a 2023 policy to see if it shows evidence of discrimination against immigrant families. -
State lawmakers hope to reduce arrests for debtors during informal sessions
The legislation’s sponsors are reviving the call to protect debtors as new trial court data shows more than 92,000 consumer debt cases were filed last year. -
Attleboro anti-abortion center stole patient data from nearby clinic, lawsuit alleges
Reproductive health providers say the center, which sits across the street, somehow accessed patients’ personal information to set up appointments. -
Karen Read's retrial set for next January
In an Aug. 9 hearing, the defense is expected to argue its motion to dismiss two of the charges in the case. -
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty in March to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents, will now face a military court-martial. -
Lead investigator in Karen Read case relieved of duties following vulgar texts
The full discipline for Trooper Michael Proctor could be more stringent. -
Jury says they can't agree on whether Karen Read was a murderer; judge tells them to keep trying
The jury must decide whose story they believe: that of prosecutors who say she drunkenly and angrily slammed into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her Lexus SUV and left him to die, or defense attorneys who claim one or more colleagues killed John O’Keefe and framed Read to cover it up. -
Here’s how the Supreme Court’s abortion pill case could affect Massachusetts
1 in 7 people in Mass. now get their abortions by telehealth. -
Jurors on high-profile cases face stress, anxiety, scrutiny: From Trump to Karen Read's murder trial
Polarization is making it harder to serve on a jury under a massive spotlight, some experts say. -
Denied coverage for same-sex marriage, Mass. veteran settles lawsuit over IVF benefits
Ashley Sheffield was told her VA insurance wouldn’t cover IVF because she and her wife couldn’t use their own sperm. That policy’s now changing.