The latest damaging information on Russian election meddling comes not from a democratic operative, but from the president’s own son – Donald Trump, Jr. His eldest confirmed to the New York Times that during the height of the campaign he met with a Russian lawyer, with ties to the Kremlin, who claimed to have damaging info on Hillary Clinton. Trump, Jr., initially told the paper Saturday he primarily discussed Russian adoption issues - but didn't reveal that Clinton was a conversation topic until the next day.
As the opioid crisis rages on across the U.S., an insurance fraud scheme is preying on addicts trying to beat their disease. A Boston Globe-STAT News investigation found some treatment centers are using the addicts to defraud insurance companies. The report says centers pay ‘patient brokers,' as they are called, to recruit addicts from across the country - and sign them up, often using fake addresses from states with generous insurance benefits. Then they order treatment and tests, billing the insurance companies - whether the patients are recovering or not.
In Boston, as in other cities, violent crime tends to increase in the summer — and a spate of recent incidents suggests the latest spike might already be underway. As they try to keep the peace, Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Police Department will draw on ties they’ve built with residents in the city’s higher-crime areas. Those relationships are a point of great pride for the BPD: as Evans once said, “I don’t think anyone does a better job working with the community.” But that raises a question: does the community feel the same way?
Jim talks mandatory retirement ... with one or two exceptions.
