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By Joe ShortsleeveWBZ-TV News BOSTON (CBS) – There are questions about the actions of MBTA Police officers when it comes to accident investigations. The I-Team has found MBTA bus drivers appear to be getting preferential treatment. Chief Correspondent Joe Shortsleeve found it is not because they are always obeying the rules of the road. Aimee […]

By Sean P. MurphyBoston Globe Staff McLaughlin, 68, began serving his sentence in September after pleading guilty to filing false reports to state and federal regulators to conceal his inflated $360,000 annual salary for running the small housing agency. In documents filed Friday in US District Court in Boston, McLaughlin indicated he will also plead

By John R. EllementBoston Globe Staff BROCKTON, MA — The parents of a 5-month-old girl who died in 2011 have been charged with manslaughter for allegedly feeding her a bottle of formula laced with heroin. Ryan J. Barry and Ashley Cyr, the parents of Mya Barry, pleaded not guilty today in Plymouth Superior Court. Cyr is

Pembroke man pleads Not Guilty to allegedly threatened to blow up home with children inside By Brian BallouGlobe Staff PEMBROKE, MA — A hearing- and speech-impaired man with a history of mental illness was in court Thursday to answer charges of assault to murder after allegedly dousing his girlfriend’s two daughters with gasoline and attempting

Dispute over Humarock bonfires still rages in Scituate By Jessica BartlettGlobe Correspondent More than a month after Humarock residents clashed with police over bonfire regulations, the dispute is still moving through court and Scituate officials have recently issued a response to residents’ complaints about that night. Of the five men arrested on the beach in July