Friday, Jan. 30 marked the third time attorneys defending 21-year-old Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev have attempted to move the federal trial out of Boston, fearing that the search for an unbiased jury will prove futile as the pool of potential jurors has been selected and interviewed in the same city in which the bombings took place.
City Hall is joining the ranks of Boston’s art museums and galleries this month as it features the multimedia works of local African-Americans. Two exhibits are now on display to honor talented ethnic artists across the city and celebrate Black History.
By Audrey Cooney, news correspondent
A collection of Boston taxi owners and two taxi drivers have filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston.
Raphael Ophir, Joseph Pierre and the Boston Taxi Owners Association are claiming that the continued operation of Internet-based...
By Jose Castillo, news correspondent
As the New England Patriots gear up for one of the biggest games in all of sports, a former teammate prepares for a trial that could be just as life-changing as winning a Super Bowl.
The trial of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez...
Last week’s second round of jury selection for the trial of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has many questioning the effectiveness of the process.
When Dave Fischer, a 24-year-old from Brighton, began working as one of GladlyDo’s friendly “doers,” the boy he babysits a few days a week was only a baby.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh discussed the City of Boston’s successes and needs for improvement in regard to education, housing, diversity and more in Boston’s first State of the City Address. Around 2,500 people convened in Symphony Hall Tuesday evening for the event, just over a year after Walsh’s inauguration.
Since Monday, Jan. 5, pre-selected groups of 200 individuals have packed the Moakley Federal Court Building in order to fill out surveys that will determine whether they are fit to judgeDzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 21-year old former University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth student accused of detonating two homemade pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) announced on Jan. 8 that it has selected Boston as its candidate for hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, making Boston beat out Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) will spend the next two and a half years weighing Boston against other global cities, including Rome, Paris, Nairobi and Berlin. The decision will be made in 2017 at ameeting of the IOC in Lima, Peru.
