Iced Coffee Killer Found Guilty: PM Digest

Welcome to PM Digest, a roundup of the day's top stories. Wednesday saw a guilty verdict in a highly publicized murder, a specter haunt his city's top official, social media used to make a deadly threat, the Bruins name a head coach and more.

William J. Camuti was found guilty of first-degree murder in the July 2013 murder by cyanide-laced coffee of his friend of 30 years and business partner, Stephen Rakes. He killed his friend on July 16, 2013, by spiking Rakes' McDonald's iced coffee with several teaspoons of cyanide.

Three Boston men who allegedly threatened to shoot a person in a Facebook Live video were ordered held by a judge Wednesday morning. Police allege that the three were involved in the making of a Facebook video aimed at a juvenile who lives in Weymouth.

The next blue dress vs. white dress is here, or maybe ghosts definitely exist and that's all there is to it. Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll tweeted a photo of a lamppost spotted in Witch City that looks like a man is trapped inside the light.

Weekend Weather: Soaking rain will continue in Eastern and Central Massachusetts through the Wednesday evening commute. When does it let up?

Lee Bluemel of the North Parish Unitarian Universalist of North Andover was one of about 20 clergy from area parishes and a synagogue who formally announced the formation of the Merrimack Valley Sanctuary Network, through which they plan to offer shelter, needed supplies or services to undocumented immigrants who are threatened with deportation.

A duo of school bus crashes (thankfully no serious injuries!)

• Three toddlers were reportedly hurt in a Quincy school bus crash Wednesday morning.
• Five students were hurt in Yarmouth Wednesday morning after police said an unlicensed teenage driver crashed into a school bus.

New Hampshire political leaders are calling on State Representative Robert Fisher, a Laconia Republican, to resign after he was outed as the founder of "The Red Pill," a controversial online community on Reddit often considered anti-women.

The Boston Bruins have named Bruce Cassidy the team's 28th head coach, General Manager Don Sweeney announced Wednesday. Cassidy assumed interim coaching duties following Claude Julien's ousting, leading the Bruins to their first playoff appearance since the 2013-14 season.

A North Shore collector bought JFK's diary. How much did it go for?

Also...

• Police in Somerville are searching for two women allegedly involved in the theft of $23,000 in coins, jewelry and watches from a Davis Square pawn shop.
• Newton Centre is losing a veteran Jewish deli that specialized in locally sourced classics, grass-fed beef and gluten-free baked goods.
• Lowell police are asking the public's help finding a missing pregnant woman. Kristina Jewell, 29, was last seen Monday at about 6 p.m. in Lowell in the area of School Street and Branch Street.
• A 52-year-old Waltham man will spend a year behind bars after pleading guilty to charges that he had thousands of images of child pornography, including a lewd act with a toddler, on his computer.
• Authorities cited alcohol as the cause of a fatal Falmouth crash in December. Raymond Atkinson, 32, of Falmouth was killed, and a 23-year-old woman was hurt in the Dec. 28 crash on Route 151.