When he came out of a Springfield courtroom to a knot of cameras and microphones Sept. 23, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi offered a public apology for driving drunk two days before.Cocchi provided a noble-sounding admission that he failed in not “living up to the...
Dear Eric: I do not have a very active social life, and I am trying to improve it. Sometimes I will invite someone to something and on the day of, they will call me and say, “Sorry, I cannot make it, is that OK?” This...
Rafael Nadal announced his impending retirement from tennis on Thursday at age 38 after winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called Big Three, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.Nadal said he will retire after next...
Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Tuesday in connection with a stabbing in Roxbury in late September that left a person with life-threatening injuries.Brima Wurie, of Boston, is charged with assault & battery with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault to murder while...
A 44-year-old man was convicted of possessing and receiving child sexual abuse materials on Wednesday following a two-day trial in federal court in Boston, acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua S. Levy announced. A jury convicted Patrick Baxter, of Acton, on one count each of...
Dear Eric: We hardly ever see my son, daughter-in-law, and 8-year-old grandson. Their time is very skewed toward my daughter-in-law’s family. We get along very well with my daughter-in-law’s parents, and we consider ourselves friends. We have never had words or any hint of a...
A Hyannis man was arrested on Tuesday after police say they traced a tip about a man distributing child sexual abuse materials to his home.Joseph Madera, 65, is charged with possession of child pornography and dissemination of visual material of child in state of nudity,...
Hurricane Milton brought powerful winds, a deadly storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm.It weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moved through Florida early Thursday. Power outages were widespread and...
For seven years, Hilltown Community Development has been offering transportation to residents over 60 who live in the 10 rural communities.A $50,000 grant from Transportation for Massachusetts, a nonprofit working to boost transportation equity, will expand that.“We are trying to take an approach that would...
A 52-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for stabbing a man to death in the Mass. and Cass area of Boston in January 2021, prosecutors announced.David Robinson, of Boston, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Suffolk Superior Court, where Judge...