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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to kill himself is due in court. Lawyers for 20-year-old Michelle Carter are expected to argue Friday that a jury should not be allowed to hear about statements Carter made to police...

An alarming number of Massachusetts residents are texting while driving and guess who the biggest offenders are?  If you guessed teenaged girls or women in general...WRONG! The state's director of Highway Safety, Jeff Larson tells The Boston Globe, "Adults do the vast amount of texting while driving...

West Bridgewater police were on the lookout Monday for drivers that looked up from their cell phones on Route 106.

If you missed Brian's Beat this morning, you missed a heated discussion on texting and driving. Catch the highlights of the discussion here:

Texting while driving leads to a gun arrest in New Bedford.

This week is Stop On Red week, designated by the National Coalition for Safer Roads. I know, designated weeks for this ailment or to prevent that bad behavior happen so frequently, we can't remember one week  or the other.  But certainly, Stop on Red is a message just about everyone can relate to...

Finally, someone with vision, innovation and creativity has produced some interesting public service ads that spare us the sights and sounds of a tragic accident caused by distracted driving, specifically texting and driving!

When you communicate with someone in texts, via email or online, you can't see their body language and voice clues that you would see if you were speaking face-to-face, and that can make it harder to know if they're lying to you. ...

Apple is reportedly trying to make it easier to walk and text at the same time.

I noticed members in my own family squinting and trying to focus on the tiny print of their cell phones. Between computers, cell phones and tablets, these electronic devices may be taking a toll on both, our eyes and our kid's eyes! Optometrists are reporting that years ago, sixth graders would come in with their parents to get fitted for glasses...