Prosecutors

The rat-tat-tat of gunfire rings again in New Bedford. A brazen broad daylight barrage of bullets as children are walking home from school. Police won't say if they know who the gunslingers are, but there is one, unintended victim. A 60 year old man, sitting in his home, catches a stray bullet in the neck...

A Massachusetts trial judge has refused prosecutors' request to change or delay a gag order she imposed in the murder case of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.       Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old Boston man dating the sister of the ex-player's fiancee...

A judge says she found no ethical violations by prosecutors in the Aaron Hernandez murder case after his lawyers accused the state of allowing leaks and prejudicial out-of-court statements.       But Judge Susan Garsh ruled to impose a formal gag order to protect the ex-New England Patriot's right to a fair trial...