(NECN: Scot Yount, North Andover, Mass.) - The family of a Massachusetts man who died in police custody takes their claim to federal court. Kenneth Howe died after an arrest at a sobriety checkpoint. His family alleges police beat him to death. Now, dozens of law enforcement officials are named in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The dramatic pictures 43 in all were captured on the cameras of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune that late November night. State and local police had set up a sobriety checkpoint nearby.
(NECN: Brad Puffer, Stoneham, Mass.) - The brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been sent for a mental evaluation.
Mark Kerrigan was charged yesterday with assaulting his father, who later died.
A day after his arraignment, the district attorney's office confirms Mark Kerrigan has now been sent to Bridgewater State Hospital, apparently for a psychological evaluation. The brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, currently faces charges of assaulting his 70-year-father. His father died a short time later.
Randy Chapman
(NECN: Lauren Collins, Manchester, NH) - More New Englanders are heading to Haiti to help earthquake victims. A pair of New Hampshire-based groups just left for the island nation to provide much needed medical care.
"The situation seems to be dire down there," says Gaelle Simon who was born and raised in Port-Au-Prince, and now works with the Portsmouth, New Hampshire based Global Relief Technologies.
(NECN: Alison King, Roxbury, Mass.) - The political world's newest star is making the rounds.
Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown is making a few courtesy calls today -- first to the Mayor of Boston and then to a private meeting with African American clerical and community leaders in Roxbury.
It's all part of Brown's effort to reach out to his new, broader constituency, even though these are not necessarily the people who elected him.
"I'm trying to be the senator for everybody," says Brown.
(NECN: Lowell, Mass.) - Four construction workers have reportedly been injured in a building collapse in Lowell, Massachusetts.
It happened just after 10:00 this morning at 216 Jackson Street.
The building was already demolished and it appears the workers were injured while working at the site.
The Lowell Fire Department tells NECN that the workers were taken to a nearby hospital and that OSHA is on the scene.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama intends to announce a new plan to respond faster and better to bioterrorism attacks and public heath threats.
A White House spokesman said Obama will direct government leaders to rethink plans for medical countermeasures so that quick, reliable and affordable antidotes will be available during a public health emergency.
Obama will announce the plan in his State of the Union address to the nation Wednesday evening.
In November, the Obama administration rolled out a plan to
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student has pleaded not guilty.
Twenty-four-year-old Raymond Clark III appeared in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday morning.
Clark also waived his right to a probable cause hearing at which prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the murder charge.
Clark is accused of killing 24-year-old Annie Le of Placerville, Calif. Her body was found behind a Yale research lab wall in September. An autopsy determined she was strangled.
(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - A couple from Brentwood, New Hampshire, is suing a psychiatric hospital in the wake of the deaths of their children.
Ken and Danielle Lambert are reportedly suing McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, for allegedly providing inadequate care for Danielle's mentally ill identical twin.
In 2008, her twin carried the couple's two young children into traffic on I-495. All three of them died. This was just a few months after the twin had been released from McLean.
Boston Globe Deputy City Editor Mike Bello joins NECN for a discussion.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Justin Timberlake will soon have a new piece of hardware for his trophy case - a pudding pot.
The Grammy and Emmy award winner was named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year on Tuesday.
Timberlake will receive the award at a roast set for Feb. 5.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe, said in a statement that the singer, songwriter, actor and producer was selected because he's "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers."
His album, "Justified," produced four No. 1 singles, making
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Defending champion Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open after retiring with an injured knee during his quarterfinal against Andy Murray.
No. 5-seeded Murray became the first British man in 25 years to reach the semifinals in Australia. Murray was leading No. 2-ranked Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (2), 3-0 on Tuesday night when the Spaniard said he could not continue.
Nadal needed a medical timeout during the second game of the third set for treatment on his right knee.
Nadal struggled with knee tendinitis and was unable to defend
