J.M. Lawrence
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journalist. stories published in @Bloomberg @Guardian @BostonGlobe @BostonHerald. Truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Boston, MA
Joined June 2009
More than a year after Jill Kloppenburg's friends first reported her missing, a Tyngsborough man who knew her is facing murder charges. Shawn P. Sullivan, 40, was arrested today after human remains were found buried in plastic under a garage floor at the home where he lived. He
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Lucy Medina, 58, was just acquitted in Salem of charges she attacked her abusive husband with a knife in 2020. Medina was represented by attorney Hank Brennan. Her husband did not testify. Brennan argued self-defense.
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Verdict watch in Salem today for what CourtTV is calling, "Reluctant Victim Assault Trial.” Defense says Lucy Medina, 58, is a battered woman who was defending herself against husband who brutally beat her for many years. Fight during July 2020 barbecue landed her husband in
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Did anti-Karen Read online psyops snare a lawyer for the O'Keefe family in the wrongful death lawsuit against Read? Attorney Marc Diller may have been a victim of friendly fire. He just apologized in court to Read for claiming she made profane incriminating statements when she
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Federal judge in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot quickly deport migrants to countries other than their own. "the Court concludes that Defendants’ third-country removal policy is unlawful," U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy said in an 81-page ruling. DHS
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Judge Brian E. Murphy: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. The April 18, 2025 preliminary injunction, Dkt. 64 ,...
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And in the dark days of winter, there rose a glorious sign of spring…The Kowloon will open a new tiki bar in April at Revere Beach.
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The Saugus icon’s next iteration will be "even more over the top," the owner promises.
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Biggest snowstorm in years headed for New England. Shout out to Chelmsford PD for this modern day Norman Rockwell tableau. All that’s missing is a Southie guy in shorts sipping DD iced coffee.
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Now some vintage Judge Young. He’s reciting the Bill of Rights. He refers to the flag in the courtroom, same flag since this courthouse opened 28 years ago. “it will fly here long after I'm gone and this case is all but forgotten.” “What concept of freedom does that flag stand
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Judge praises both sides for their work at trial last year. There is some discussion of public records from the case. Now the judge is getting philosophical: “How did this happen?” he asks. He pinpoints “a fearful view of freedom, a view that defines the freedom here in the
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“This is the modern Fugitive Slave Act,” Judge Young says. He gives impromptu history lesson on Anthony Burns, who escaped slavery in Virginia in 1854 and came to Boston. Boston abolitionists rioted not far from this courthouse to try to prevent officials from returning him to
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Extraordinary hearing going on in federal court right now. “The big problem in this case is the cabinet secretaries and the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young said. Judge found Rubio and Noem
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Maine Somali communities may be ICEs next target. Portland mayor Mark Dion just issued this statement: “Our community is anxious and fearful regarding the understanding that ICE is planning to send agents to Portland and Lewiston next week. We are a welcoming city. There is no
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Three guys from Boston (@BenAffleck, Matt Damon, and Jimmy) say every town and city in Massachusetts. #FallonTonight
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True grit. His parents were killed last year in devastating plane crash. But Maxim Naumov, from the Skating Club of Boston, pressed on with the family’s Olympic dream. He made the team today.
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Man who committed mass shooting at Brown U and killed MIT prof left rambling video confessions recorded after the murders but offered no clear motive. "It was all a little incompetent but at least something was done. The only objective was to...leave more or less on my own
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Just before 9:00 a.m. yesterday morning, the Misquamicut Fire Department and The Westerly Ambulance Corps, Inc., along with the Westerly Police Department, were dispatched to Little Masachaug Pond off Atlantic Avenue for a water rescue. A dog successfully rescued was out for a
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