Crime and Courts

Jennifer McCabe testified Wednesday that Karen Read said, “I hit him, I hit him, I hit him” after they found John O’Keefe mortally wounded in the snow outside a Canton home — which the defense, seeking to depict her as part of a coverup, pushed back on in court. She also described what led to the infamous “hos long to...

Members of a high school lacrosse program in upstate New York are accused of staging an armed abduction of younger players in a stunt that “went way beyond hazing,” prosecutors said this week.

The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.

Helicopter video shows the pair riding away from the scene before they were stopped by police.

Jennifer McCabe returned to the stand for further direct examination and cross by the defense on Wednesday, day seven of the Karen Read murder trial.

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Key prosecution witness Jennifer McCabe returned to the witness stand Wednesday morning in Day 7 of the Karen Read murder trial.

Karen Read’s retrial touched on highly anticipated moments as Jennifer McCabe testified all day Wednesday, including her account of the controversial “hos long to die in cold” Google search and the defense’s cross-examination.

Judge Beverly Cannone discussed an “ambush” by Karen Read’s defense, yet still handed them a win on their ARCCA experts in court Tuesday. Here’s what happened, and how Read reacted.

After a busy day in the Karen Read case, we break down what Jennifer McCabe had to say about finding John O’Keefe mortally wounded in the snow, the defense calling into question the reliability of the prosecution’s phone analysis expert and Judge Cannone allowing the defense’s ARCCA experts to testify despite finding they violated her orders....

Our legal analysts for all...

A Pittsburgh pet mortuary owner faces charges after allegedly victimizing thousands by carelessly dumping their deceased pets into landfills.

A key witness took the stand in the second Karen Read murder trial Tuesday: Jennifer McCabe, a friend of John O’Keefe’s, who was with Read when she found his body in the snow. She testified about the increasingly frantic search, and finding the body. Also Tuesday, more cellphone data testimony and a ruling on ARCCA experts.

Boston police have identified a group of people accused of attacking a Suffolk University student as he walked near the Boston Common late Saturday night.

The driver told Connecticut police that she was speeding because she was running late to a “Thomas the Train” event.

Police have now identified the second person whose body was found in the woods near a Walmart in Salem, Massachusetts, last week.

Yunice Abbas was the first defendant questioned Tuesday in the trial in connection with the 2016 robbery during which the reality star was held at gunpoint.

Tuesday was a big day of testimony in the Karen Read trial, with key prosecution witness Jennifer McCabe taking the stand and a big ruling on controversial witnesses.

The man who struck and killed Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier on Interstate 84 in Southington in May, then left the scene, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, of Hartford, had accepted a plea deal and the judge imposed the sentence on Tuesday. “I’m sorry because it was not my intention,” Oyola-Sanchez said...

In highly anticipated testimony, Jennifer McCabe took the stand Tuesday in Karen Read’s second murder trial and recounted the search for John O’Keefe.

Cellphone data took center stage in the Karen Read trial Monday, with new evidence on phone temperature described alongside timing of the “Hos long to die in cold” search. Later, a hearing over the defense’s key crash recongstruction experts, from the firm ARCCA, was held....

We have reaction and legal analysis to all that from the day in court, plus what...

A Suffolk University student who was assaulted on Boston Common shared photos of his injuries and described being hit over the head with a bottle. Police are still searching for the group he said attacked him.