Month: May 2023

BOSTON – A Jamaica Plain teenager was ordered to “conditional home confinement” after facing a judge Monday on charges he was among the youths who attacked a woman at an MBTA station, officials said. throw away his grocery bag and randomly throw food in his face. assault, the district attorney said. Saul Diaz, 18, was charged with unarmed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement Monday. A 16-year-old girl was also arrested in the incident and faces similar charges. Judge Michael Bolden released Diaz on personal recognizance, but…

HOPKINTON, Mass. — The “I have to have a pet” Covid boom is long over, and animal shelters know it. “Right now, especially Massachusetts, is seeing an all-time high for dogs in need of a home,” said Emma Wailgum, adoption counselor for the Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. It’s not so much that the shelters are stocked with pets from the Covid-19 wave abandoned by owners, it’s more the ancillary effects of the pandemic they’re dealing with. “A lot of the problems that came from Covid also had to do with vets closing and fewer appointments,” Wailgum said. “There were…

Astellas Pharma is buying Iveric Bio Inc for about $5.9 billion. (Image courtesy of Adobe Stock) Astellas Pharma Inc. and Iveric Bio announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Astellas through Berry Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas US Holding, Inc., has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in circulation from Iveric Bio. Japan-based Astellas is buying Iveric Bio Inc for about $5.9 billion in its biggest acquisition yet, giving it access to a range of eye treatments. Based in New Jersey, Iveric focuses on developing treatment options for retinal diseases,…

A Maurepas man died in a single-vehicle crash after he lost control of his motorcycle and was ejected, according to Louisiana State Police. In a statement, LSP spokesman Christian Reed said Salvatore Caserta, Jr., 51, was riding a 2016 Indian Scout motorcycle westbound on Highway 42 in Los Angeles around 1 p.m. Sunday when he lost control and went off the road to the right. As a result, Caserta was thrown from the motorcycle, Reed said. Despite wearing a DOT-approved helmet, Caserta suffered serious injuries and was not rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. As part…

Jennifer Matter was convicted in the 2003 death of a baby found near Lake Pepin Jennifer Matter was convicted in the 2003 death of a baby found near Lake Pepin 00:23 A Minnesota woman who admitted to leaving her newborn son to die near the Mississippi River two decades ago has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Jennifer Matter, of Belvidere Township, outside Red Wing, was convicted Friday of second-degree murder, CBS Minnesota reported. He pleaded guilty in January to leaving the baby on the riverbank in 2003. She was not arrested until May 10, 2022, after DNA tests…

Authorities are searching for two missing teenagers who were last seen in Henryetta, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office says the girls, 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, were supposed to be with Jesse, Holly and Tiffany McFadden, even going to their ranch in the McAlester area. Authorities say none of them ever made it to the ranch. According to OHP, Webster was last seen wearing a black “Van” sweatshirt, blue jeans with large holes in the knees and black shoes. Officers say Brewer was last seen wearing a black swimsuit with blue shorts…

BREAKING: Motorist faces 17 charges in death of Gavin Knupp BERLIN – Charges were filed last Friday in the fatal hit-and-run of a local teenager last summer. Last Friday, 17 charges were filed against Tyler Allen Mailloux, 22, of Berlin in the death of Gavin Knupp last July. Knupp was 14 years old when he was hit and killed by an unidentified motorist in a black Mercedes pass… Read more » Revised State Sports Complex Study; Potential working group looked at moving forward OCEAN CITY – Officials say the formation of a task force could address concerns related to a…

UNC Charlotte experienced a lot of breaking and important news during the 2022-2023 school year. As the academic year draws to a close, the Niner Times reflects on the key events of the past year. Lack of housing on campus One hundred and forty-one students were placed in extended university housing at the start of the fall 2022 semester. The temporary student living conditions were as follows: 91 students at The Edge apartments, 26 students at the Sonesta Select hotel and 24 at the Holiday Inn hotel, according to Buffie Stephens, director of issues management and relations with the media….