Crime & Safety
Toddler Dies as DA Launches Investigation|Driver Had No License When New Mercedes Ran Red Light, Hit 3 Pedestrians: PM Digest
Also: Traffic is again a total mess as holiday season winds to a close; Gigantic liquor store - Northern New England's largest - opens; More

Multiple reports citing the Middlesex County District Attorney's office indicate that the toddler was under the care of a family friend at the time. Reports also indicate that the boy's twin sister was taken to the hospital with less-serious injuries.
Driver Who Struck Downtown Boston Pedestrians Held on $5,000 Bail: DA
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Shanitqua Steele didn't have a license when she allegedly drove through a red light in a brand new Mercedes-Benz.
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Cape Cod traffic today is absolutely depressing.
New Hampshire's biggest liquor store opened in Nashua Thursday.
Aaron Hernandez Attorneys Must Hand Over Cell Phone: Supreme Court
The legal team for the former Patriot and convicted murder lost a legal skirmish Friday.
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