State/Northeast News Support Local News. We've been with you throughout the pandemic, the vaccinations and the reopening of schools, businesses and communities. There's never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. Suspect in stabbing of rabbi now facing hate crime charges Khaled Awad enters Brighton District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 8, 2021, for a hearing as defense attorney Stephen Weymouth watches at left. Awad has been charged with stabbing Rabbi Shlomo Noginski several times near a Jewish day school. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, Pool)