BOSTON (AP) — A man charged with killing a 2-year-old girl who was dubbed Baby Doe after her body washed up on a Boston Harbor island pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder.
Michael McCarthy was held without bail at his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court in the death of his girlfriend's daughter, Bella Bond.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former technology executive Carly Fiorina will not appear on the primetime debate stage when the Republican Party's 2016 presidential class faces off later this week in South Carolina.
Debate host Fox Business Network announced the debate lineup Monday evening, dealing a blow to both candidates three weeks before Iowa's leadoff presidential caucuses. Just seven candidates — the smallest Republican group so far — will be featured in Thursday's 9 p.m. ET main event, based on criteria established by the network that relied on recent polls.
