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Prosecutors ask judge to keep protesters, ‘Free Karen Read' clothing away from courthouse
With the high-profile murder trial against just weeks away, Massachusetts prosecutors are asking the judge to keep protesters away from the courthouse and prohibit certain articles of clothing. Read is accused of killing John O'Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, in Canton, Massachusetts, in 2022. Her lawyers have alleged that...
Cambridge elementary school teacher indicted for allegedly raping children in 2013 and 2014
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