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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mayor Wu's infant daughter included on list of 'Most influential Bostonians'
Boston Magazine's annual list of the 150 most influential Bostonians in 2025 included a rare 151st honoree—one who isn't even 5 months old. Mira Wu Pewarski, the infant daughter of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, was included as a 'bonus baby' on the list for her many appearances around the city, and the country, since her birth in January. Wu herself also made the list, coming in at number seven. 'Baby Mira clearly runs this town. She goes everywhere advocating for the city, with nothing but rave reviews and reception‚" the magazine's staff wrote. 'Forget campaign strategists—the Hub's tiniest VIP has already mastered the art of winning hearts, and she's not even walking.' Wu is the first Boston mayor to give birth in office. She announced her pregnancy in July 2024, saying from the start that she would not be taking any maternity leave. Soon after Mira's birth on Jan. 13, Wu began bringing her to appearances around Boston. When she was called to testify before Congress on Boston's status as a sanctuary city in March—a hearing that was delayed by several weeks because she had not yet been cleared to travel by her doctor—she even brought the baby to Capitol Hill so she could continue to care for her during the trip. Florida-based breakfast chain expanding in Mass. with first Boston location Boston Greek restaurant included on Condé Nast Traveler's 2025 Hot List 'Suspicious device' reported on Marathon Monday was fireworks, posed no danger Boston man accused in Allston apartment killing to undergo mental evaluation Boston Red Sox 'breakout' prospect has .400 OBP, showing 'pure strength' Read the original article on MassLive.
USA Today
23-04-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Jaylen Brown, Wyc Grousbeck, Boston Celtics named among 150 most influential Bostonians
Jaylen Brown, Wyc Grousbeck, Boston Celtics named among 150 most influential Bostonians Wyc Grousbeck and the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown have been named to Boston Magazine's "150 Most Influential Bostonians" list for 2025. Grousbeck and the Celtics (as a unit) clock in at an impressive No. 1 overall (beating the likes of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu), with Brown currently ranked at No. 20. The sale of the team and their historic 18th banner were of course the main calling card for Grousbeck et al., lauded for their approach to the change in ownership as much as bringing the title town status back to Boston. "The victory meant something even more for team governor and lead owner Wyc Grousbeck, who'd spent the past two decades leading the Celtics alongside his father, Irving, co-owner Steve Pagliuca, team president Rich Gotham, general manager Brad Stevens, and many others," writes Boston Magazine. As for Brown, his community-building efforts with the 7uice Foundation were noted as paramount to his high rank, as was his launch of Boston Xchange, created "to narrow Boston's racial wealth gap." His prowess on the parquet was also a factor of course, but it was heartening to see the Georgia native being honored for his contributions to the local community beyond basketball.
Boston Globe
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Karen Read defense team says it will file motion to dismiss murder indictment
Advertisement 'Among them is the opportunity to reliably assure her sources that certain information ... will be off-the-record,' Bertsche said. He said Voss risks being subjected to continued 'vitriol' should her off-the-record notes enter the public record. Recently, Bertsche said, a Facebook commenter 'who I won't name' posted Voss's personal phone number, and she has 'received several strange phone calls' since. Cannone, who previously ordered Voss to turn over unredacted recordings of her on-the-record interviews as well as the off-the-record material, noted Friday from the bench that she's Cannone said she'll give Bertsche the chance to suggest redactions to the off-the-record notes, so that only Read's statements are provided to prosecutors, rather than any notes Voss may have taken regarding her own personal impressions. Boston Magazine is owned by Boston Globe Media Partners, which also owns the Boston Globe. Prosecutors allege that she backed her SUV in a drunken rage into her boyfriend, Advertisement Regarding the defense's impending bid to dismiss the case, Read attorney Alan Jackson said during Friday's hearing that 'we think that we have grounds' to file the motion, though he didn't elaborate. Cannone ordered the defense to file their dismissal motion by Feb. 11, with a hearing on the matter scheduled for the following week. That motion is separate from It's not clear when the SJC will rule. Meanwhile, much of Friday's hearing also dealt with Prosecutors contend the timestamp on the Google search was inaccurate and that government experts are prepared to testify as to why, as they did in the first trial. Advertisement The government wants a hearing so prosecutors can question McCabe 'When a [phone] tab is open ... it is opened at a particular time, and [if] that tab is reused, the original time will imprint' as the timing on the later search, said special prosecutor Hank Brennan, nodding to McCabe's testimony that she'd looked up a youth sports program on her phone shortly before 2:30 a.m. Read attorney Robert Alessi countered Friday that the government's experts at the first trial confirmed a dying in the cold search at 2:27 a.m. had been deleted. 'There were 4,056 searches on the phone of Ms. McCabe' when investigators examined it, Alessi said. 'Four-thousand fifty-six. There was one deletion out of 4,056, and guess which one it was. 'Hos [sic] long to die in the cold.'' Cannone took the matter under advisement. Material from prior Globe stories was us in this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at
CBS News
31-01-2025
- CBS News
Watch Live: Karen Read case hearing to consider off-the-record interview notes and other pre-trial motions
DEDHAM - The Karen Read case returns to court today for a hearing to consider several pre-trial motions, including whether a journalist's off-the-record notes and recordings can be used at her retrial. You can watch Friday's hearing at Norfolk Superior Court live on CBS News Boston and in the video player above. Judge Beverly Cannone in December ruled that prosecutors can have access to the reporter's unedited recordings and notes for a Boston Magazine interview with Read in 2023, as well as an interview her parents William and Janet did with WFXT. A similar effort by the prosecution at Read's first trial was denied "on narrow grounds," the judge said. Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan has said he'll use the evidence to show how Read's story has changed over time, and claims the interview materials suggest admissions of wrongdoing. Other topics expected to be considered on Friday include a motion to exclude a digital expert witness from the defense from testifying about Jen McCabe's"hos long to die in cold" Google search, and a bid from Read's legal team to get the state to reimburse a defense expert for more than $12,000 in travel expenses. 3 years since John O'Keefe's death This week marked three years since Read's boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, was found dead in the snow in front of 34 Fairview Road in Canton. "The void in our lives grows with each passing day, week, month and year," O'Keefe's family said in a statement to WBZ-TV. "His absence is profound and we will continue to seek justice for him. He is always in our hearts." O'Keefe was the legal caretaker of his teenage niece and nephew. The medical examiner testified at Read's trial that he died from a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and hypothermia. Who is Karen Read? Read, 44, is a financial analyst who was living in Mansfield when she was accused of hitting O'Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die after a night of heavy drinking in January 2022. Read has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of personal injury and death. She alleges there is an elaborate coverup involving law enforcement to frame her in O'Keefe's death. Her first trial ended in a mistrial with a "starkly divided" hung jury. Read's second criminal trial is set to begin on April 1, 2025.
