Search Suspended for 7 People on Fishing Vessel That Sank Off Massachusetts February 1, 2026 By Patrick Whittle, Rodrique Ngowi and Michael Casey The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday suspended the search for seven people who were aboard a commercial fishing vessel that...
Advocates Push for Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants in Mass. January 28, 2014 By Rodrique Ngowi The largest immigrant advocacy group in New England is again pushing lawmakers to support a bill that would allow foreign-born...
$81M Punitive Damages in Massachusetts Cigarette Case December 21, 2010 By Rodrique Ngowi A tobacco company that had tried to hook black children on cigarettes was ordered to pay $81 million in punitive...
Big Dig Victim’s Family Agrees to $6M Settlement with N.Y. Epoxy Maker December 27, 2007 By Rodrique Ngowi The family of a woman who was killed in the Big Dig tunnel collapse in Boston has agreed to a...
Jury Awards $2.5M to Mass. Woman Misdiagnosed with HIV December 14, 2007 By Rodrique Ngowi A jury this week awarded $2.5 million in damages to a woman who received HIV treatments for almost nine years...
Mass. Jury Hears Suit Against Doctor by Patient Misdiagnosed with HIV December 7, 2007 By Rodrique Ngowi A Massachusetts woman has sued a doctor who treated her after a test wrongly showed she was infected with the...
‘Running with Scissors’ Author Settles Suit with Therapist’s Family August 31, 2007 By Rodrique Ngowi A western massachusetts family that claimed author Augusten Burroughs defamed them in his best-selling book “Running with Scissors” has settled...
Concrete Supplier to Pay $50 Million to Settle Big Dig Case July 30, 2007 By Rodrique Ngowi A concrete supplier for Boston’s Big Dig tunnel has agreed to pay a $50 million settlement to end civil and...