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CEO of hospital operator facing Senate scrutiny will step down following contempt resolution
BOSTON (AP) — The CEO of a hospital operator that filed for bankruptcy protection in May will step down after failing to testify before a U.S. Senate panel. Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country. The Texas-based...
Large police presence at funeral for Massachusetts recruit who died during training exercise
A large law enforcement presence turned out in Worcester on Saturday to honor a state police recruit who died after becoming unresponsive during a training exercise. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive...
Bluebird: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Bluebird Bio Inc. (BLUE) on Friday reported a loss of $81.4 million in its second quarter. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 42 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street...
A Massachusetts woman accused of running a high-end brothel network pleads guilty
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in that state and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty in federal court Friday. Han Lee and two others were indicted earlier this year on one count of...
Massachusetts governor says a hospital was seized through eminent domain to keep it open
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday that her administration has formally seized a hospital through eminent domain to help keep it open and transition to a new owner. St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston is one of a group operated by Texas-based Steward...
Mother pleads guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son whose body was found in a park
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of her 5-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and neglected, weighing just 19 pounds when his body was found buried in a Massachusetts park, prosecutors said. Danielle...
Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel. The senate approved the measure by unanimous consent. Members of a Senate...
Court asked to dismiss murder charge against Karen Read in death of her police officer boyfriend
BOSTON (AP) — An attorney for Karen Read has petitioned the highest court in Massachusetts seeking the dismissal of two charges including murder that she faces in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and...
New Jersey hits pause on an offshore wind farm that can't find turbine blades
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey hit the pause button Wednesday on an offshore wind energy project that is having a hard time finding someone to manufacture blades for its turbines. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities granted Leading Light Wind a pause on its project through...
New Hampshire woman to plead guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman is preparing to plead guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son, according to court documents. Danielle Dauphinais, 38, will plead guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and two counts of witness tampering in the death of her son Elijah...
