Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. - The family of a Massachusetts boy suspended after school officials accused him of sexually harassing a girl in his first-grade class has settled a lawsuit against the city of Brockton for $180,000.

BROCKTON, Mass. - A Massachusetts couple accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter by giving her an overdose of prescription drugs will be tried separately.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A key figure in the case of a Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme acknowledged Monday that he was a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record who had entered the federal witness protection program decades earlier.

BROCKTON, Mass. - A woman accused with her husband of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs is asking a judge to bar testimony about her alleged history of getting more pills than prescribed for the girl.