A group of state representatives has asked overdue state budget negotiators to adopt Massachusetts Senate language restricting local authorities from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, advocating for a measure House Speaker Robert DeLeo has said would be "very difficult" to pass in the House.
A 20-year-old man is in custody on charges of shooting and killing a 42-year-old Weymouth police officer and a woman in a nearby home hit by a stray bullet, police said.
Officer Michael Chesna leaves behind a wife and two daughters, ages 9 and 4.