Students say they were slapped and punched, forced to eat until they vomited and were confined in clothes hampers as punishment.
New England
New Hampshire bay communities express doubts about EPA cleanup plan
Officials from communities around one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast are expressing concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a federal plan to reduce nitrogen in the watershed.
Maine man charged after accidentally shooting himself while showing off gun
The Washington County man is charged with 3 felony counts in Connecticut after wounding himself while visiting his sister.
The ‘Codfather’s’ boats, fishing permits will stay in Massachusetts
Carlos Rafael’s boats and fishing permits for cod and haddock will stay in New Bedford and not be spread around New England.
N.H. police chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm
The police chief in a New Hampshire town took it literally when he was stripped of his duties.
MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology agrees in a court settlement to make its website and online educational videos more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
‘Whitey’ Bulger juror regrets voting to convict him of murder
The notorious Boston crime boss wrote her more than 70 letters from prison.
Big turnout expected at Connecticut hearing on vaccine exemption
Connecticut is considering eliminating the state’s religious exemptions from certain vaccines for public school students.
Massachusetts police fatally shoot man connected to carjackings, stabbing
The two carjackings occurred Sunday in Lowell, Mass., and Nashua, N.H.
LGBT bereavement groups give support for unacknowledged loss
Groups specifically geared to the LGBT community are a recent phenomenon even in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage was legalized in 2004.