Today's Top Headlines

Thursday, January 8

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

A deadly ICE encounter in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests yesterday, including on the Boston Common. Other news we're following includes a controversial payout to a former Healey aide accused of trafficking cocaine, the latest hearing for Lindsay Clancy, and a warmup in our weather. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are our top headlines.

The killing of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis sparked protests nationwide Wednesday, including a rally at Boston Common.

NBC News reports 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot Wednesday by one of several ICE agents conducting an immigration enforcement operation. Authorities said Good allegedly blocked the street with her SUV, leading to a confrontation that escalated within seconds and ended with gunfire.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city is demanding accountability.

The administration of Gov. Maura Healey filed legal action on Wednesday to recoup a controversial payout to a former aide accused of trafficking cocaine.

Massachusetts State Police arrested LaMar Cook in October after intercepting a cocaine delivery to a state office building in Springfield. Cook was charged with cocaine trafficking, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. He has pleaded not guilty.

The arrest cost Cook his six-figure job as a deputy director of Healey’s Western Massachusetts office. However, he still walked out the door with a lump sum of roughly $31,000 for unused vacation time, which the Boston Herald first reported.

A man was seriously injured in a pedestrian crash Wednesday in Canton, Massachusetts.

Police and fire crews responded just before 7 p.m. to the intersection of Randolph Street and Wentworth Road, where the man had been hit by a sedan.

The man was taken by ambulance to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

After a wave of snow, ice, and rain – not to mention days of clouds – we’re finally on the other side of this warmup. Sunshine will have the upper hand today, with a few clouds drifting by from time to time. Highs move into the low and mid-40s with light breezes from the northwest. All around, a fine winter day.

Clouds will be on the increase tomorrow as one of two weather systems move our way. Showers will hold back until late day or early evening, so this will go down as a mostly dry day. We’ll peak in the upper 40s to near 50 as winds freshen from the south.

Some cooler air will try to infiltrate on Saturday, dropping us back to the mid and upper 40s. Precipitation will break out on Saturday afternoon, with some of it starting as a brief mix in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Rain should slowly overtake these areas, keeping any impact to a minimum.

A Massachusetts man arrested in a Boston shoplifting case is accused of stealing from employees at Boston City Hall last month.

Several workers told Boston police that hundreds of dollars in cash, debit and credit cards were stolen, among other items, during the business day on Dec. 1, according to a police report. Unauthorized charges totaling hundreds more dollars were also made at Macy’s and Walgreens.

Boston police said Wednesday that 60-year-old Darrin O’Neil of Lowell had been identified as the suspect.

A pre-trial hearing was held Wednesday for Lindsay Clancy, the woman accused of killing her three young children at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, back in 2023.

Judge William F. Sullivan began by addressing issues of how Clancy will be transported to and from the court given that there’s a two-page letter from a physician’s assistant at Tewksbury Hospital that says Clancy needs to be accompanied by two female nurses, and may need a stretcher. It was discussed whether or not Clancy could be transported using a wheel chair van versus an ambulance, which would require a contract with private company.

Advance planning will be key if there’s going to be an ambulance or more than one nurse involved, Jessica Kenny, general counsel from the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, said in court.