Today's Top Headlines

Monday, November 17

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

There will be a final pre-trial hearing on Monday in the Brian Walshe case, after the accused murderer was found competent to stand trial during an appearance at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, on Friday.

The finding came after an evaluation period at Bridgewater State Hospital, following an attack on Walshe in jail that his lawyers said caused him distress.

With the clearance from clinicians, which Walshe’s attorneys did not contest, Judge Diane Freniere is moving the case forward. Jury empanelment is expected to begin on Tuesday. The trial itself is expected to start on Dec. 1, after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Cold air started pouring in Sunday, dropping us from the mid-50s in the morning to the 40s by afternoon. That process continues Monday as gusty winds produce wind chills in the 20s and keep the highs from wandering far from 40 degrees.

Gusts could top 40 mph in spots as a very deep and strong storm spins over the Maritimes — yes, again.

In this cold flow over the Northeast, snow will be flying across the mountains of northern New England and even into the Berkshires. Some of those flakes to the west could make it into the Worcester Hills at times, but this is not a setup for any surprise accumulation.

A man died early Sunday morning in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 24 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

State police announced Saturday they were investigating the deadly crash that occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on Route 24 south just prior to the exit for Route 106.

A preliminary investigation shows a passenger car rear-ended a tractor trailer, killing the driver of the car, who has since been identified as 33-year-old Carlos Monteiro, of Taunton.

A man was fatally stabbed Saturday night in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, and another man is now facing a murder charge.

Boston police say officers responded to a reported stabbing around 7:19 p.m. in the area of 30 Fremont Street and arrived to find one victim with life-threatening injuries. The adult male, whose name has not been released, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police announced Sunday that 29-year-old Javonte Robinson had been arrested around 3:07 p.m. Sunday in the area of 247 Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park. Robinson, of Boston, was wanted on a murder charge out of Dorchester District Court.

The Federal Aviation Administration will end its flight reduction emergency order Monday, meaning flights will resume operations as normal, officials announced Sunday.

The emergency order will officially lift Monday at 6 a.m. ET, ending the reductions that caused mass cancellations and delays at airports.

The cuts, which started with a 4% reduction in flights at 40 major airports on Nov. 7, were designed to address fatigue and staffing issues among air traffic controllers amid the record-long government shutdown.

Several women who survived abuse by Jeffrey Epstein have come together for a public service announcement video demanding Congress release all files on the accused sex trafficker.

“It’s a call to action,” one of the women, Danielle Bensky, told NBC News on Sunday. “While we are Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence as well.”

The PSA, produced by World Without Exploitation, directs the public to a link to send automated letters of support to their congressional leaders. It comes ahead of Tuesday’s highly anticipated House vote on releasing those files.