Officials announce indictments amid morning raids
Hundreds of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested members of the MS-13 gang on Friday morning in the Boston area, federal prosecutors said.The operation involved more than 400 officers. Arrests were made in a variety of communities, including East Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Revere, and Somerville, the US attorney’s office said in a statement. Advertisement Fifty-six alleged MS-13 leaders, members, and associates have been indicted, federal prosecutors said in a sta..>> view originalFeds: 56 suspects nabbed on RICO, gun, drug charges
Vicious MS-13 members recruited young teenagers from East Boston High and other Greater Boston high schools – and are responsible for the murders of at least five people since 2014, in Chelsea and East Boston, as well as the attempted murder of at least 14 people, according to the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office.The feds indicted 56 suspects in connection with a “La Mara Salvatrucha,” or “MS-13,” probe this morning.“During the course of this investigation, it is alleged that MS-13 actively recrui..>> view originalBoston Celtics rumors 2016: Danny Ainge 'quietly aggressive' on ...
The Boston Celtics have been "quietly aggressive" on the trade market, but team president of basketball operations Danny Ainge hasn't yet found "a starry trade target ... to chase," according to ESPN's Marc Stein. DeMarcus Cousins could lift the Sacramento Kings all the way to the playoffs and the Cleveland Cavaliers have said they do not want to trade Kevin Love. The Atlanta Hawks could reportedly push the "reset button," possibly making Al Horford (a free agent at season's end) and/or Jeff ..>> view originalNo Trump in the house, but debate was still vile
Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa followed in the ignominious footsteps of the six that came before — it was an insult to truth, common sense, and representative democracy. Here’s my take. Trump wins . . . again: Donald Trump made a big show of skipping the debate because of his feud with Megyn Kelly and Fox News. It was a smart move. Not only did Trump not have to watch the evening’s festivities, but he will likely benefit from the circular firing squad that took place in..>> view originalBoston Marathon bombing documents shed little new light
BOSTON — Hundreds of newly released court documents in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shed little new light on the 2013 attack, but hundreds more could stay secret for years while he appeals. Tsaranev, 22, was convicted last year and sentenced to death in the bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260.Here's a look at the documents that were unsealed, the documents that remain sealed and why:Documents released More than 600 court filings and exhibits wer..>> view originalChallenger disaster left indelible scars
If one’s life can be measured by historic events, then the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger 73 seconds after it lifted off the launch pad 30 years ago is near the very top of my list, just below the day President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. It was that shocking.Things like that just didn’t happen. Shuttle launches had become routine. The only reason the Herald sent me and a young Joe Sciacca (who’s now the paper’s editor-in-chief) to cover the event was that one of the cre..>> view originalGilead CEO to step down, will be replaced by COO
Gilead Sciences Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Martin, under whom the company developed one of the fastest-selling drugs of all time, will step down and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer John Milligan.Martin, 64, will remain as executive chairman. He has served as CEO since 1996, a year when the company’s total market valuation, about $1 billion, was less than the company’s two blockbuster hepatitis C treatments now bring in in a single month. Advertisement Milligan, 54, joined Gilea..>> view originalPatriots lose LB coach Patrick Graham to Giants
The Patriots are down one more coach, as Patrick Graham is headed to New York to join the Giants as their new defensive line coach, according to a source.Graham was most recently the linebackers coach the past two seasons, mentoring stars Jamie Collins and Dont’a Hightower. Before that he served as the defensive line coach. In all, the Yale graduate, who is 37, was with the Patriots for seven seasons.There was talk of him possibly being the next in line to take over as the defensive coordinator ..>> view originalBoston homeownership keeps sliding
Boston is becoming a home for renters again.The homeownership rate in Greater Boston plunged last year, according to data released Thursday by the US Census Bureau, dipping below 60 percent for the first time on record. Advertisement The decline is in large part attributed to the recent population growth, driven by a wave of young adults moving into apartments around the region. People between the age of 20 and 34 have made up the vast majority of population growth in the core of the region ..>> view originalUN Syria envoy to start talks in Geneva without opposition
GENEVA — Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria's five-year conflict began Friday at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group.The talks are the first since two rounds of negotiations collapsed in 2014. Syria's conflict has killed more than 250,000 people, displaced millions and sent hundreds of thousands as refugees to Europe.The first meeting was between the U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura and a government delegation headed b..>> view original
Friday, January 29, 2016
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