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Karen Read Acquitted in Murder Trial Over Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston

A jury cleared Ms. Read of charges related to the 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, and convicted her only of drunken driving, in a trial that attracted wide attention.

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Karen Read, center, gestured to her supporters on Tuesday outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass. A jury there acquitted her of murder on Wednesday.

Karen Read Trial: Jury Begins Deliberations

The Boston-area woman was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022. The jury was dismissed for the weekend and will resume on Monday.

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Karen Read left court with her lawyer Alan Jackson after the judge issued instructions to the jury in Read’s trial.

Trump’s International Student Ban Sparks Fear Among Harvard Attendees

Alfred Williamson could not have imagined how much his freshman year would be shaped by the Trump administration, inside and outside the classroom.

© Charlotte de la Fuente for The New York Times

Alfred Williamson, who is from Wales, was accepted to Harvard, making him the first person from his school to get into an Ivy League college and the first in his family to study in the United States.

Trump’s International Student Ban Sparks Fear Among Harvard Attendees

Alfred Williamson could not have imagined how much his freshman year would be shaped by the Trump administration, inside and outside the classroom.

© Charlotte de la Fuente for The New York Times

Alfred Williamson, who is from Wales, was accepted to Harvard, making him the first person from his school to get into an Ivy League college and the first in his family to study in the United States.
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