Law
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Trial Gets Underway with Opening Arguments
What drove Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Boylston Street? Why the backpack, the shrapnel, the wounded, the dead? As the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial opened today, prosecutors and his lawyers […]
Aaron Hernandez’s Lawyer Proves Deflategate Jokes Have Jumped the Shark
You know Deflategate jokes have probably jumped the shark when they start going over as badly as did the one made by Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer […]
The Paris Attacks Won’t Delay Tsarnaev’s Trial
The Paris terror attacks won’t have an effect on the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, or, at least, not on its timing. […]
Sen. Hedlund to Bring Back ‘Roadrunner’ Bill During New Legislative Session
Just like in the cartoon series with Wile E. Coyote, perhaps nothing will kill the “Roadrunner” bill. After failing to garner enough support to turn […]
Group Continues Push to Get Cops to Wear Body Cameras
While Mayor Marty Walsh is in no rush to force Boston Police officers to wear cameras strapped to their chests, a group dedicated to bringing more accountability […]
Why Judges Hate Relocating Trials Like Aaron Hernandez’s
Judges have been pretty loathe to move the trial locations of Massachusetts’ most famous accused criminals out of the counties where the alleged crimes took place […]
Pussy Riot Takes Trip to Cambridge Police Department After Harvard Appearance
After speaking at a special engagement at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics on Monday night, members of the punk feminist collective Pussy Riot made their […]
Attorney General Tells Market Basket CEOs to Mind the Law
After receiving an “uptick” in calls from Market Basket employees concerned about their legal rights as workers, Attorney General Martha Coakley teamed up with New Hampshire’s […]
Yes, If a Cop Stops You On Your Bike, You Should Give Them Your Name
Officers in Boston and beyond have been cracking down on cyclists who run red lights, squeak through stop signs, and fail to obey the general […]
Massachusetts Liquor Stores Can Soon Sell Alcohol Before Noon on Sundays
Governor Deval Patrick, who’s wrapping up a final stretch of signing legislation that’s spilling out of the State House doors this session, inked a bill […]
No Shark Fin Soup For You
Governor Deval Patrick is sinking his teeth into a new law that will put an end to the possession and sale of shark fins in Massachusetts. […]
Why Boston Allows Uber But Opposes Haystack
The City of Boston has come out strongly against Haystack, a newly launching phone app that lets users pay to reserve another user’s public parking […]
Direct Wine Shipping No Longer Bottled Up in the Bay State
Cheers, Governor Deval Patrick. That’s what wine lovers are saying about the latest developments in the long battle to allow connoisseurs to order crates of […]
Rally Planned In Response to Supreme Court’s Buffer Zone Ruling
Megan Amundson has heard about pockets of protests around Massachusetts, where grassroots women’s rights activists have blasted the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the unconstitutionality […]
Good Thing They Changed the State’s ‘Upskirting’ Laws
A Norwood man was taken into custody in what transit officials said is the first “upskirting” arrest since legislators made an emergency effort to push through […]