You’re at a bar and strike up a conversation with a cute guy. You have so much in common: You were both competitive college athletes, have the same taste in TV and movies, want to try a local hike you ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

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Both sides agreed that the investigation into the death of Ms. Read’s boyfriend, a Boston police officer, was flawed and plagued by unethical and unprofessional conduct. By Jenna Russell Pink-clad ...

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose widely watched murder trial ended with a hung jury last year, was acquitted of second-degree murder Wednesday after prosecutors retried her in the 2022 death ...

Editor's note: This is a summary of jury deliberations in the Karen Read trial for Monday, June 16. For the latest on the deliberations, visit USA TODAY's story for Tuesday, June 17. Jurors in Karen ...

Closing arguments were made on Friday. With the jury now deliberating, the second sensational trial of Karen Read -- accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022 -- is nearing a ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Monday, May 5. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Tuesday, May 6. A firefighter ...

The cop who described Karen Read as a “wack job c–t” in texts to pals allegedly called her lawyer an “a–hole” in a text to a prosecutor after her case ended in a mistrial, Read’s lawyers claim.

Karen Read's second trial on murder and other charges was pushed back several months by a Massachusetts judge on Monday. Read is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while ...