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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the U.S., announced that Pope Francis has named Burlington's 10th Bishop Christopher J. Coyne as the first ever coadjutor archbishop of Hartford. The Woburn native's transfer from the Green Mountain State to the Nutmeg State was effective on June 26. Until he arrives in Harford, he will also be the apostolic administrator of Burlington. Following Archbishop Coyne's Mass of Welcome at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph on Oct

Many questions remain about the slayings of three family members in Newton last weekend, a seemingly random crime that has left residents shaken and investigators searching for answers about the possible motive.

Before he became a triple murder suspect, Christopher Ferguson, 41, was known as a talented USC grad who mentored at-risk kids at a Framingham public school but battled mental illness.

Middlesex Jail medical staff members are recommending that Christopher L. Ferguson Jr. be transferred to Bridgewater State Hospital for a competency evaluation while he awaits trial in connection with the slayings of three family members in their Newton home, a jail spokesman said Thursday.

A beloved couple who didn’t show up for their 50th wedding anniversary celebration at Our Lady Help of Christians Church as expected on Sunday were found brutally stabbed and beaten to death along with the wife’s mother inside their home in Newton, Massachusetts.

A suspect has pleaded not guilty and been ordered held without bail in connection with the stabbing and beating deaths of a Boston-area husband and wife and the woman’s 97-year-old

Christopher Ferguson, 41, pleaded not guilty to one murder charge and was ordered held without bail in connection to a triple murder in Newton early Sunday morning. Additional charges are expected.

Jill D’Amore, her husband Bruno and her 97-year-old mother Lucia Arpino were killed in apparently random beating and stabbing deaths.

A suspect has pleaded not guilty and been ordered held without bail in connection with the stabbing and beating deaths of a Boston-area husband and wife and the woman’s 97-year-old

The Newton community came together Tuesday for a Mass of Peace at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish to honor the three fellow parishioners brutally murdered over the weekend.