Somerville News

A ruling by a New Jersey judge Friday set the stage for a second manslaughter trial for former NBA star Jayson Williams, whose lawyers argued that a racial slur and other misconduct by the prosecutor’s office should result in dismissal....

N.J., — The outcome of a 7-year-old manslaughter case against Jayson Williams now rests in the hands of a judge who will decide whether alleged racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct played a part in the retired NBA star's 2004 trial....

Not to dredge up long-buried emotions and incite more inter-fanbase rancor , but just for the record: Yes, Theo Riddick touched the ball on the final kickoff of the Michigan game. "Yes, I did," the Notre Dame freshman said this...

A wheelchair-bound, quadriplegic New Jersey man who waged a 2-1/2-year battle to buy a gun has the right to a firearm permit, a judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Judge John Pursel of Somerville, N.J., ruled Wednesday that James Cap, who...

This week, "CBS News Sunday Morning" looks at our nation�s growing problem with obesity in a special edition we�re calling Size Matters. As most of us have heard by now, America is supersized and expanding. Collectively, we�re four-and-a-half billion pounds...

T he possibility of a soccer stadium in east Somerville moved a little closer to reality this week. In its Draft Environmental Impact Report, the state’s Executive Office of Transportation suggested two alternate sites for a maintenance facility that would...

A FDA panel has just recommended taking less pain medication to reduce side effects from painkillers. Wow. We needed a panel of scientists to tell us that, but notice that these same scientists are blithely avoiding the underlying topic: inadequately...