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Officer cleared of all charges in Freddie Gray death

BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray when an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year ago. A judge cleared Officer Edward Nero of assault, reckless

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NH moves a step closer to claiming $236M from Exxon

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire is a big step closer to getting a $236 million judgment after the U.S. Supreme Court said this week it wouldn't hear Exxon Mobil's appeal regarding its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in the state. The

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Greenhouse gas cuts fail to meet law’s demands, court rules

BOSTON (AP) — The state's highest court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and sided with environmental groups that sued Massachusetts for failing to adopt strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Lawyers for the Conservation Law Foundation, the Massachusetts Energy Consumer Alliance and four Boston and Wellesley teenagers

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Students sue BU, music teacher over sex harassment

BOSTON – During an emotional and at times tearful news briefing, two Boston University students on Tuesday explained why they filed suit against the university and their one-time music professor, a world-renowned music French horn player, whom they claim repeatedly sexually harassed them. The students, Erin Shyr and Maria Currie, accuse

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Marathon bombing plot a year in making, FBI documents show

BOSTON – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted Boston Marathon bomber, worked with his slain brother, Tamerlan, to collect components of the two pressure-cooker bombs they used to kill three people and injure hundreds of others and didn't tell anyone else about their plan, which may have been at least a

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Marathon bomber denied new trial, ordered to pay victims $101M

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's bid for a new trial and ordered him to pay victims of the deadly attack more than $101 million in restitution. The restitution order, issued by Judge George O'Toole Jr., is seen as

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Sampson death-penalty case judge steps aside

BOSTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the death penalty trial of a Massachusetts man is stepping down from the case. Gary Lee Sampson was condemned by a jury to die after pleading guilty to carjacking and killing two Massachusetts men in 2001. In 2011, U.S. District Court Judge

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Boston’s Walsh won’t fold after casino case tossed out

BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh isn't folding yet in his fight against an Everett casino planned by Wynn Resorts, even after a Suffolk Superior Court judge tossed out a lawsuit seeking to block the $1.7 billion development. "I'm not going to roll over," Boston&