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Massachusetts Lawyer Quits After Admitting He Took $6.6 Million From Widow Client

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Massachusetts Lawyer Quits After Admitting He Took $6.6 Million From Widow Client

Benjamin Cortez

About 3 hours ago

James C. Jones drafted his own fee deals and named his daughters as trustees without the widow's consent, records show.

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Bridgewater State Police Raise Guide Dog Arby in First-of-Its-Kind Program
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Malden Man Charged With Murder After Reporting Sister's Suicide

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FAA’s AI Vendor Says Its Newly Nationwide Tool Didn’t Cause the Nationwide Ground Stop. So What Did?

FAA’s AI Vendor Says Its Newly Nationwide Tool Didn’t Cause the Nationwide Ground Stop. So What Did?

Fresno Prosecutor Stabbed in Courthouse Park, Officials Blame Parole System

Fresno Prosecutor Stabbed in Courthouse Park, Officials Blame Parole System

Nashville Pizza Thief Burns Hand Grabbing Pie From 550°F Oven

Nashville Pizza Thief Burns Hand Grabbing Pie From 550°F Oven

SF Thiel Fellow Jumps Coasts To Build Gene-Edited Baby Startup Manhattan Genomics

SF Thiel Fellow Jumps Coasts To Build Gene-Edited Baby Startup Manhattan Genomics

Redwood City Police Say Liquor Store Manager Chained Himself, Set Fatal Fire That Killed Two

Redwood City Police Say Liquor Store Manager Chained Himself, Set Fatal Fire That Killed Two

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

$11.4 Million in Nvidia Cargo Vanishes Between Oakland and Fort Worth, Last Near San Bernardino

$11.4 Million in Nvidia Cargo Vanishes Between Oakland and Fort Worth, Last Near San Bernardino

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

Politics

Massachusetts Lawyer Quits After Admitting He Took $6.6 Million From Widow Client

Boston

Massachusetts Lawyer Quits After Admitting He Took $6.6 Million From Widow Client

Benjamin Cortez

About 3 hours ago

Boston Fed Chief Says Inflation Fight Trumps Housing Pain as Rates Stay Above 7%

Boston Fed Chief Says Inflation Fight Trumps Housing Pain as Rates Stay Above 7%

Benjamin Cortez

About 6 hours ago

Massachusetts Draft Would Retool Cannabis Testing Last Updated in 2021

Massachusetts Draft Would Retool Cannabis Testing Last Updated in 2021

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North Attleboro Drops Special-Permit Rule, Opens Downtown Offices by Right

North Attleboro Drops Special-Permit Rule, Opens Downtown Offices by Right

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Real Estate

Nobscot Housing Plan Keeps Shrinking as Framingham Council Weighs Rezoning

Boston

Nobscot Housing Plan Keeps Shrinking as Framingham Council Weighs Rezoning

Benjamin Cortez

About 9 hours ago

Ruben Files to Convert 250 Washington Office Floors Into 98 Apartments

Ruben Files to Convert 250 Washington Office Floors Into 98 Apartments

Mitch M. Rosenthal

About 2 hours ago

Holyoke Walmart Supercenter Plan Stalls as Elmwood Neighbors Warn of Traffic Surge

Holyoke Walmart Supercenter Plan Stalls as Elmwood Neighbors Warn of Traffic Surge

Benjamin Cortez

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Massachusetts Contractor Sued Nearly 70 Times, Kept Building After License Suspended

Massachusetts Contractor Sued Nearly 70 Times, Kept Building After License Suspended

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Crime

Braintree Police Search for Man Who Wandered Off Near Davis Road

Boston

Braintree Police Search for Man Who Wandered Off Near Davis Road

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Marlborough Police Chase Ends With Three New Jersey Men Busted, One Still Loose

Marlborough Police Chase Ends With Three New Jersey Men Busted, One Still Loose

Isabela Iannucci

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Two Springfield Family Dollar Stores Stay Shut After Mice Found in Candy, Toilet Paper

Two Springfield Family Dollar Stores Stay Shut After Mice Found in Candy, Toilet Paper

Mitch M. Rosenthal

About 11 hours ago

SUV Crashes Into Greenhouse at Bridgewater Farm Supply

SUV Crashes Into Greenhouse at Bridgewater Farm Supply

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Arts & Events

Unauthorized Art of Banksy Show Opens at Park Plaza Nov. 19

Boston

Unauthorized Art of Banksy Show Opens at Park Plaza Nov. 19

About 5 hours ago

Newark Museum Hands Enslaved Potter's 1852 Jug Back to His Descendants, Then Buys It Back

Newark Museum Hands Enslaved Potter's 1852 Jug Back to His Descendants, Then Buys It Back

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Anthony Clark, ‘Yes, Dear’ and ‘Boston Common’ Star, Dies at 62

Anthony Clark, ‘Yes, Dear’ and ‘Boston Common’ Star, Dies at 62

Nov 13, 2026

Dambuilders Return to Somerville's Burren After Nearly 30 Years Away From Boston

Dambuilders Return to Somerville's Burren After Nearly 30 Years Away From Boston

Nov 13, 2026

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