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For years, women complained they were sexually assaulted. Each time, DNA pointed to the same man, who allegedly picked up intoxicated women outside Boston bars. But again and again, police declined to make an arrest and kept the incidents secret. wbur.org/news/2024/04/2…

We are immensely proud to congratulate The Boston Globe and HBO Documentaries for winning the prestigious 2024 National Press Club Award for their groundbreaking documentary, 'Murder in Boston: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting.'

In our age of rapidly shrinking local news coverage, the passing of reporters like Fred Hanson of the Patriot Ledger, who died this week, are also a loss for the communities they served. I wrote about Fred's decades-long career covering the South Shore bostonglobe.com/2024/04/11/bus…

For more than a year, MA State Police abandoned criminal case files — incl. rape kit components and homicide evidence — in the ruins of a former center for disabled kids. The Globe found least one unsolved murder among the cases left behind. w/ @draillih:

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An urgent outrageous must read.

This is a photo of an open Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office case file, of a murdered teenager, left in an abandoned building.

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In today's paper: Undergraduate tuition at BU tops $66,000. Where does all the money go? New presidential ballot battles in Ohio and Alabama trigger fears election laws are being weaponized; and more. trib.al/5vvLn67

'Materials included rape kit components and tubes of blood-like liquid, even a baseball bat used in an assault.' via Elizabeth Koh, john hilliard
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An honor to see this work recognized by IRE and NICAR, and to have told this story with the tremendous @adrian_walker @evanmallen Kristin Nelson @globeandrewryan and Brendan McCarthy:

A terrific honor. Congrats to all involved in this work, including the mighty team of Adrian Walker Kristin Nelson Elizabeth Koh Evan Allen Andrew Ryan

Today’s The Wall Street Journal front page, marking a year of Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention: “His story should be here.” #JournalismIsNotACrime #IStandWithEvan

Grateful to see our series on the Charles Stuart case on @longreads' radar -- with the best reporting team @adrian_walker @evanmallen @globeandrewryan Brendan McCarthy Kristin Nelson

A lil update... I'm thrilled to share news of my new role as Spotlight Editor at the The Boston Globe. It's an immense honor - and privilege - to lead this unit, one of the most storied, vital investigative teams around. I'm excited about what's ahead. bostonglobe.com/metro/investig…

Join Prof Khalil Gibran Muhammad & The Boston Globe's Adrian Walker, Elizabeth Koh & Brendan McCarthy in the Forum on 2/27 for an insightful discussion on the infamous Charles Stuart murder case, its impact on society & findings from podcast Murder in Boston.

RSVP: ken.sc/forum1-0227

Steward Health Care should leave MA hospital market, Healey says: “We don’t have enough to know what they’ve done, whether it’s criminal or illegal, but to me it really smells, it raises a lot of questions.'
via Jason Laughlin Jon Chesto Jessica Bartlett
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The Green, Blue, and Orange subway lines have come to a dead stop during the Thursday morning commute, the MBTA reported. trib.al/eJKk5UW

Behind the headlines, a network of religious leaders and organizations has been diligently working to help the thousands and thousands of newly arrived migrants find a foothold in their new land.

Niki Griswold takes a closer look: bostonglobe.com/2024/02/14/met…

Another damning investigation of Florida Department of Children and Families by the incomparable Carol Marbin Miller of Miami Herald.
It seems if she doesn’t do these stories, no one will.
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Here’s an excerpt:

Seiji Ozawa, the acclaimed Japanese maestro who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, has died, his management office said. trib.al/ID38QrQ

Another bombshell from Jessica Bartlett. How a 39-year-old mother at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center might have died after childbirth. She needed medical equipment that was repossessed bec owner Steward Health Care could not pay bills. bostonglobe.com/2024/01/25/bus…