PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The families of three Maine residents who died when the cargo ship El Faro sank in October have accepted settlements from the ship's owner.
Court documents say the El Faro's owner, Tote Services Inc., has agreed to pay $500,000 to the families of Michael Holland, Danielle Randolph and Dylan Meklin for "pre-death pain and suffering" and an unspecified amount for economic loss caused by the deaths.
BOSTON (AP) — Former mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, convicted of participating in 11 murders during the 1970s and '80s, will not get a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that Bulger had not shown his right to a fair trial was violated when a judge barred him from testifying about his claim that he received immunity for his crimes.
