Westfield NewsRoom

Posts By Westfield NewsRoom

• Westfield Newsroom

  After bomber’s conviction, jury to decide life or death

  DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — Now that a jury has convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all...

• Westfield Newsroom

  Tsarnaev relative in Russia says she believes he’s innocent

  MUSA SADULAYEV, Associated Press GROZNY, Russia (AP) — A U.S. jury found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of the Boston Marathon bombing, and his...

• 

  777

  Around Town

  On the Street: What do you think of Boston hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics?

• Westfield Newsroom

  Jury to resume deliberations in Hernandez murder trial

  FALL RIVER (AP) — Twelve jurors working to decide whether to convict former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez in the death...

• 

  724

  Police/Fire

  State told to widen review of lab chemist

  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court is calling for a wider investigation into the case of a former chemist who pleaded guilty...

• Westfield Newsroom

  Report cites ‘structural failure’ of MBTA system

  BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker this week called for a financial control board to oversee the Boston-area...

• Westfield

  NTSB: Full flight checks rare for pilots in fatal Gulfstream crash

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pilots employed by Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz rarely conducted full preflight checks before taking off in his private...

• 

  651

  Westfield Newsroom

  Mass. to streamline pot dispensary licensing

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials are streamlining the way the state issues licenses under its Medical Marijuana...

• Business

  Keno resurrected as Connecticut considers more casinos

  SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As lawmakers consider whether to allow satellite tribal casinos near the state’s borders, the...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  A look at how state VA facilities fared

  The Associated Press Massachusetts fared better than the nation as whole in ensuring veterans are seen in a timely manner at a...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  State VA clinic, hospital wait times vary widely

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — In a state that prides itself on access to great health care, wait times at...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care

  DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick veterans were getting...