Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Tuesday, June 3. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, June 4.

As murder defendant Karen Read rounds the corner on the halfway point of her second trial, the crippling weight of unpaid legal bills could be alleviated by an unlikely source: online crowdfunding.

A Karen Read attorney began the first day of the defense’s case, arguing that the whole matter should be thrown out. That motion was denied, though the argument sets up testimony that is to follow.

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Thursday, May 29. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, May 30.

A firefighter who was among the first at the scene. A friend of the man found lying in the snow. And the man’s mother in tears recalling her son, a Boston police officer whose death is at the ...

No court proceedings are scheduled through Memorial Day in the Karen Read trial as the judge said things are moving ahead of schedule. Read is accused of hitting and killing her boyfriend ...

The partners — Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Jeannie Rhee and Jessica Phillips — said they would form their own law firm. Ms. Dunn is a prominent Democratic lawyer, having overseen debate ...

Karen Read‘s second trial in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, was paused briefly Wednesday morning after the judge said an issue came up with the ...

Massachusetts murder suspect Karen Read returned to court Monday for her trial in the death of her former boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, as DNA experts and a digital forensic ...

Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's niece told jurors that his relationship with his suspected killer began to deteriorate in the weeks before his death. O'Keefe, 46, was found dead on Jan. 29, 2022.

The Karen Read trial continued today with a 17th day of witness testimony from two Massachusetts State Police crime lab analysts, and a message from the judge to jurors about how they conduct ...

John O'Keefe's niece was the first witness to take the stand at Karen Read's trial Wednesday morning. The niece, who WBZ-TV will not identify by name, is now a high school junior. She was around ...