By Claire Whitcomb, Sydney Brownstone, Lulu Ramadan, Patrick Malone and Alex Yoon-HendricksThe Seattle TimesTACOMA, Wash.— A Pierce County jury Thursday acquitted three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, concluding a grueling, historic trial that tested the state’s new police accountability law.The...
What do you get for the football coach who has everything? Well, one option is to get something everyone knows he has piles of. That was the approach WEEI host Greg Hill took this past week when the Greg Hill Show hosted New England Patriots...
The Groton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who hit a one of the departments K9s Wednesday, causing him to sustain serious injuries. K9 Bane was hit by a car on Pleasant Street near the police station at around...
MassLive sports columnist Matt Vautour and sports director Jim Pignatiello have been friends for decades. This year, they are picking NFL games against each other with nothing but bragging rights on the line. Beware, they both aren’t very good at this.Will it be “It’s a...
In the absence of any real significant Red Sox news, we’re forced to look backward for the final MLB Notebook of the calendar year. For now, it’s all we’ve got.The 2023 season was, to put it kindly, a disappointing one for the Red Sox, who...
The Patriots quarterback situation this year has been less than ideal.Mac Jones was benched for Bailey Zappe four separate times during games this year before the latter replaced his teammate as the starter. Jones didn’t take a step forward in an important Year 3, and...
You might want to make sure you have everything you need for Christmas ahead of the holiday.Those planning to do any last-minute shopping or mailing will most likely be out of luck if they try to do it on Monday. Most retail stores and offices...
After opening his second authentic Mexican restaurant in Northampton, Mexcalito Taco Bar co-owner and chef Antonio Marquez is looking to go back to what he knows and open something completely new — a brick-oven pizza restaurant.Marquez has been cooking as long as he can remember,...
We’re running a mailbag on Fridays during the season. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Who should be the top free agent target in the offseason?...
When Francisco Perez and his wife, Reyna Palacios, opened Cisco’s Cafe in the Amherst Mill District, they saw it as a new opportunity to bring breakfast food with a touch of Spanish influence to the area. But also running a pizza restaurant in North Amherst...