Marc J. Karun of Stetson, who was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor, also faces murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the slaying 35 years ago of an 11-year-old girl.
New England
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A price tag on trauma? Massachusetts college town weighs Black reparations
A New England college town is among hundreds of communities nationwide weighing how to provide reparations to Black residents for slavery and systemic racism
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First U.S. commercial offshore wind project nears approval in Massachusetts
Vineyard Wind would include dozens of turbines and produce enough power for more than 400,000 homes.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over slave portraits at Harvard
The photos were commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose theories on racial difference were used to support slavery in the U.S.
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New Hampshire woman to start paying nearly $2 million in Great Danes neglect case
A judge rules a Wolfeboro woman who housed dozens of filthy and sick dogs in her mansion must reimburse the Humane Society for their care.
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Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston gets historic designation
The 2 ½-story house is the only surviving residence associated with the slain civil rights leader’s formative years in the city.
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Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 New Hampshire youth detention staffers
Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center have grown to include 230 men and woman who say they were physically or sexually abused between 1963 and 2018.
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Former Massachusetts officer to face charge in alleged beating of Black man
A court official rules there was probable cause for the case to move forward.
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‘We turn a blind eye’: Boston’s police remain largely white
City leaders have vowed for years to work toward making the police force look more like the community it serves.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act to bar the Justice Department from monitoring privileged electronic communications between an incarcerated person and that person’s lawyer.