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Jury clears Woonsocket man, 23, in deadly shooting. Here's why.
PROVIDENCE – A Woonsocket man has been cleared of charges related to a deadly 2020 shooting in Providence. A Superior Court jury on Thursday acquitted Dontay McNeill, 23, in in the death of Manee Castillo off Manton Avenue on July 28, 2020. The jury found McNeill not guilty of first-degree murder, discharging a firearm...
Man Shot Before Crashing Car Into Worcester Home Has Died
A 19-year-old man who was shot while driving and crashed his car into a home in Worcester has died from his injuries more than two weeks later, authorities said. The man's death was announced on Friday, May 17. Police have not released his name. Officers said the man crashed his vehicle i…
What's happened to Gov. Maura Healey's $4.1B housing bill? It's complicated | Analysis
When it was unveiled last fall, to no small amount of fanfare, Gov. Maura Healey’s $4.1 billion housing bond bill was touted as a quantum leap toward solving a crisis of affordability and supply that was driving people out of the Bay State, stomping on the commonwealth’s economic competitiveness, and creating a class of housing haves- and have-nots.
Two survive crash on Rt. 9 after vehicle loses control
WESTBOROUGH — Members of the Westborough Police Department’s evening shift responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 9 westbound earlier tonight, where a car lost control and veered off the road. The incident occurred when the vehicle, for reasons not yet fully determined, went off the roadway to...
Biden declares September flooding in Mass. a ‘major disaster,’ reversing FEMA denial
Portions of central Massachusetts experienced catastrophic flooding last September. President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved a disaster declaration for areas of Massachusetts hit hard by flash floods last September. The decision, announced by the White House, reverses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s initial denial in February. Portions of central...
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