April 19, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Prosecutors Move to Toss More Than 21,000 Tainted Drug CasesProsecutors moved to throw out more than 21,000 drug convictions, five years after a chemist at the state drug lab was caught tampering with evidence and falsifying tests.
By Bob Salsberg
6 minute read
May 15, 2014 | Daily Report Online
Aaron Hernandez Indicted in Boston Double SlayingProsecutors say former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who already faces a murder charge in a man's shooting death last year, has been indicted on new murder charges in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston.
By Bob Salsberg
1 minute read
January 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online
Court: Mass. law on wine shipping unconstitutionalBOSTON AP - A Massachusetts law that sharply restricts out-of-state winemakers from shipping their products directly to consumers in the state is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled.Thursday's decision by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court ruling could open the door for connoisseurs in Massachusetts to purchase more of their favorite wines online or by mail order from domestic producers.
By BOB SALSBERG
3 minute read
May 08, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Mass. panel approves rules for medical marijuanaMassachusetts public health officials approved final regulations Wednesday for the use of medical marijuana, paving the way for the voter-approved law to take effect.
By Bob Salsberg
3 minute read
May 08, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Former Haiti president emerges to testify in courtFormer Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide made a rare public appearance Wednesday to testify before a judge investigating the slaying of one of the country's most prominent journalists.
By Bob Salsberg
2 minute read
October 23, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitisNew state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak.
By Bob Salsberg
5 minute read
November 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Court hears appeal on Mass. wine shipment lawBOSTON AP - Gerald Leader loves California wines but lives in Massachusetts, where state law sharply limits the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship their products directly to consumers."I can't go directly to wineries in Napa and Sonoma," said Leader, a retired Boston University professor, who, along with a group of like-minded people, are suing to have the restriction lifted.
By BOB SALSBERG
4 minute read
December 29, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Details sought on Ireland, US clergy abuse casesBOSTON AP - Victims of clergy sex abuse and a group that tracks pedophile priests called on local Roman Catholic leaders and the Irish government Monday to publicly detail known connections between the clergy abuse scandals in the U.S. and Ireland.Two Irish bishops resigned on Christmas Day, joining two others who had quit since a government report in November revealed how Dublin church leaders had shielded pedophile priests from the law.
By BOB SALSBERG
4 minute read