News & Media

I majored in journalism because as a kid my heroes were journalists and writers like Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson. I went to UMass Amherst for journalism school, but flunked out three times because I was more interested in the drinking and drugs part of Hemingway and Thompson’s stories – and more majored in female anatomy than my actual studies.

A viral body positivity community that drew hundreds of thousands of followers and welcomed plus-size women to a customized Las Vegas mansion is back in the spotlight after former members accused its founder of manipulation, predatory behavior and unwanted sexual conduct.

The boys gathered on an Ipswich, Mass., beach to celebrate their high-school graduation, some with medals draped over their black gowns. Jutting from each mouth: cigars that may or may not have been real.

The boys gathered on an Ipswich, Mass., beach to celebrate their high-school graduation, some with medals draped over their black gowns. Jutting from each mouth: cigars that may or may not have been real.

In a joint statement released Friday morning, Superintendent Brian Blake and High School Principal Jonathan Mitchell presented the district’s version of the events that led to the Tigers’ varsity boys lacrosse team forfeiting their Division 4 state semifinal game against Cohasset on Tuesday.

My bud Marc Randazza told a Swiss litigant to drop dead today on First Amendment grounds, and it was pretty glorious

Fashion designer Philipp Plein may have launched a legal offensive in Switzerland, but legal observers say any attempt to silence American media personality and entrepreneur Nik Richie on United States soil could face a major constitutional obstacle: the First Amendment.

The bodies of four Italian divers have been found after they went missing in the Maldives last week. A group of five Italians failed to resurface after diving 48 metres – 150 feet – into a cave in the waters of Vaavu Atoll on Thursday. Two of the five were said to be experienced divers.

Things heat up in the State Bar of Arizona’s disciplinary actions against David Scott Gingras, attorney for Laura Michelle Owens and apparent legal adviser in orchestrating a failed chapter 7 Bankruptcy attempt (along with her parents failed chapter 13 attempt). The paperwork and demand for dismissal with prejudice based on protected, “free” speech and anti-slapp laws is piling up! Let’s get to it.

Just minutes before that happened, the bar judge re-issued her decision on Jim Lee’s MJOP (Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings). Congrats Jim on the still-only-partial win for the dark side.

An attorney for supporters of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022, have filed a motion to fight proposed restrictions on demonstrations during the trial.