By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Authorities in Massachusetts were on the lookout Tuesday night for a man suspected in a triple shooting in Florida who said he was planning to travel to Framingham to harm a corporate executive at Cumberland Farms, which is his former employer, officials said. David Procopio, a spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police, said the suspect, Kevin Satterfield, 55, reportedly said he planned to travel to the Cumberland Farms corporate headquarters in Framingham to harm an executive.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

The 25-year-old man who was shot to death Friday evening on Hyde Park Avenue in Jamaica Plain has been identified, police said today. Mariano Malave, of Boston, was found around 6:30 p.m. inside 132 Hyde Park Ave., which is a short distance from the MBTA’s Forest Hills station. Malave was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

A second Franklin teen allegedly involved in a videotaped assault at Franklin High School last week was arraigned today in Wrentham District Court and ordered held on $1,000 bail. Jeremiah Ramirez, 18, who is accused of recording the attack, pleaded not guilty to being an accessory before the fact, wiretap violation, aggravated assault, disturbing a school/assembly, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace, the Norfolk district attorney’s office said.

By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff

An alleged member of the New York-based Gambino crime family was charged in an indictment unsealed today with extorting more than $1 million from a business over five years, according to court records. Oreste Abbamonte, 63, of Port Washington, N.Y, faces up to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine for the alleged crime.

By Alli Knothe, Kathy McCabe and Brian R. Ballou , Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff

The two women whose bodies were found early today behind the Lynnhurst Elementary School in Saugus were victims of foul play, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said. The bodies were found around 6:45 a.m. on the school grounds, which triggered the closure of the school and a major response by Saugus and State Police, who are now treating the case as a double homicide and the elementary school property as a crime scene. One of the victims was identified this afternoon as a 54-year-old woman from neighboring Lynn.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

Family members, State Police, and elected officials gathered in Foxborough today to formally dedicate the bridge at the interchange of Interstates 495 and 95 in honor of Sergeant Douglas Weddleton, who died in the line of duty in June 2010. The bridge, which is near where Weddleton died, will now be known as the “Sergeant Douglas Weddleton Memorial Bridge,” State Police said.

By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff

The Greenland, N.H., police chief slain last month was shot as he crouched behind his marked cruiser in front of the home of a drug suspect after pulling at least one injured officer to safety, New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney said Tuesday. Delaney provided the new information at a news conference as part of the first detailed timeline of the gun battle that left the chief, Michael Maloney, with a fatal bullet wound to the head and four detectives injured. Delaney also announced the launch of an independent investigation into the killing.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

A fire in an abandoned 105,000-square-foot Seekonk building that ignited early this morning continued into the afternoon, officials said. The building is located at 36 Maple St., said state fire marshal’s spokeswoman Jennifer Mieth. Theodora Gabriel, assessor for the town, said she inspected the building in 2009 and found it to be completely empty. That year the roof and part of the building collapsed, she said. The building served many uses over the years, Gabriel said.

By Globe Staff

The Massachusetts State Lottery says that it's on track to set a profit record. Treasurer Steven Grossman, who chairs the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, said today that the lottery’s projected profit for 2012 is $947 million. That's because of strong sales for the first 10 months of the fiscal year, which ends on June 30. Lottery officials say that those projections are usually conservative. And it's a good bet that the lottery will end up breaking the past record of $951 million in profit, which was set in 2006.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

Springfield police today arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a red-tailed hawk on a sidewalk on Pearl Street in the western Massachusetts city. At about 7 a.m., Detectives Robert Bohl and Mike Gorggin were returning to the police station in an unmarked cruiser when they spotted the hawk eating a pigeon on the sidewalk near Federal Street. “All of a sudden, a man came up on the sidewalk and struck the hawk by throwing a large log at it,” police said in a statement.

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A 29-year-old Lynn man has been sentenced to 9 to 12 years in state prison for inflicting permanent brain and vision damage on his two-month-old daughter. José Aquino was sentenced today in Salem Superior Court by Judge Howard J Whitehead. Aquino was convicted Monday following a six-day trial of assault and battery on a child causing substantial bodily injury. The jury had deliberated for three hours before returning its verdict. Aquino violently shook the baby on July 28, 2009, causing severe bleeding on her brain and other injuries, prosecutors said.

By Colin A. Young and Travis Andersen, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff

Police found several vials of a suspicious material in a Halifax condominium where a man in his 70s was found dead under pillows in a closet Monday, authorities said. Police also discovered a box marked “explosive,” forcing the evacuation of about 20 neighbors while a State Police bomb squad investigated. But neither the vials nor the box turned out to contain anything hazardous, officials said.

By Martine Powers, Globe Staff

Using his strongest language yet on US immigration policy, Governor Deval Patrick lambasted the controversial immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama during a speech at Tufts University Monday. “The actions of various states to take matters into their own hands have been ham-fisted, self-defeating and even racist,” Patrick said. Patrick’s address, at the Aidekman Arts Center, was part of the “Moral Voices” lecture series sponsored by Tufts Hillel, the university’s center for Jewish life.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

Massachusetts residents who venture outside are shivering today, with a cold rain coming down and puddles seeping into shoes. National Weather Service meteorologists say the unstable weather is likely to continue through Wednesday. Temperatures are in the mid-50s today, with a gusty wind in most areas.

By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

HALIFAX -- After a man in his 70s was found dead Monday in a closet in his condominium, authorities discovered a box marked “explosive,” forcing about 20 neighbors to evacuate while a State Police bomb squad investigated, according to a fire official. Halifax Fire Chief William Carrico said near the scene on Lydon Lane that firefighters found the man, whom the local police department identified as David Pierce, at about 5 p.m. Halifax Police Chief Michael Manoogian said at the scene that there was no indication of foul play.

By Marjorie Nesin, Globe Correspondent

A Mission Hill woman was convicted Monday in Suffolk Superior Court of stabbing her neighbor during a fight in 2010 over a parking space. Jurors convicted Carmen Andino, 40, of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the stabbing that sent a 24-year-old woman to the hospital with serious injuries to her face and side of her torso, according to Jake Wark, press secretary at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

By Scott Allen, Globe Staff

Embattled Medford Housing Authority director Robert Covelle was placed on unpaid leave of absence for two weeks and the agency’s second highest paid employee was placed on indefinitel leave tonight amid burgeoning state and federal investigations into hiring and contracting at the agency. The housing authority’s board of commissioners voted to place Covelle on leave with minimal discussion at its meeting on Monday night following weeks of criticism of Covelle’s leadership, including Gov. Deval Patrick’s demand that he resign.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

April flowers bring May showers, or so it would seem, as forecasters are predicting rain for the first day of May after one of the warmest Aprils on record. Through Saturday, this April was the second warmest on record with an average temperature of 53.5 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton. The record is held by April 1976, which had an average temperature of 55.1 degrees.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

Bail was set at $1,500 today for a Franklin teenager in Wrentham District Court for his alleged assault on a schoolmate on Thursday that was videotaped and later posted on popular social media websites. David Salmon, 17, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault and battery and was ordered to stay away from Franklin High School and the victim of the assault.

By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

The archdiocese of Boston says it has determined that a child sex abuse allegation against a Roslindale priest was unsubstantiated. The archdiocese said today in a statement that the allegation was made against the Rev. John M. Mendicoa of Sacred Heart Parish in August. Mendicoa was accused of actions in the 1980s.