For the final test, ARCCA used a dummy weighing about 200 pounds. A collision between the dummy and the SUV at that speed completely shattered the rear window, dented the SUV liftgate, and popped out the bumper window, Wolfe said.

A new court filing by Karen Read’s defense team could indicate she will not testify in her retrial for the January 2022 killing of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, as questions swirl about whether she will take the stand in the case’s waning days.

Video shown during Karen Read's trial showed Read and her late boyfriend together just hours before he was found dead. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin has the latest on the case.

The 10-page indictment, filed more than two weeks ago, charges the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador with crimes related to transporting undocumented migrants. The prospect of a U.S. trial could provide an offramp for the Trump administration,

The contents of the text messages – which were notably presented to jurors under cross-examination by Massachusetts prosecutors and not Read’s defense attorneys – were publicly known, having been presented at Read’s first trial, which ended with a hung jury. But this is the first time jurors in her second trial have heard them.

Elin Hildebrand gives her summer must read list that includes "The Names" by Florence Knapp, "Playworld" by Adam Ross, "Mariette and Ecstasy" by Ron Hansen among others. The Swan Song author ran through her list of recommendations on the Season 3 premiere of Books,

Crash reconstruction expert Dr. Daniel Wolfe testifies that damage to Karen Read's 2021 Lexus SUV taillight is inconsistent with hitting John O'Keefe.