Man wedges arm between train, platform

The Columbia Road campus at Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy in Dorchester will be closed for a week, starting today, because several students have reported flu-like symptoms and seven are confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, said school officials. The decision to close came after school officials noticed an increase in students with flu-like symptoms. The school, which will reopen June 16, is working to sanitize the entire campus, said school officials.

A vigorous campaign by a pro-override group called Invest in Milton got results yesterday as voters agreed to increase their taxes by $3.4 million through a ballot vote. The override passed 4,546 to 3,948. About 47 percent of registered voters cast ballots. "The group started off thinking they were doomed, but ended up succeeding because of a lot of hard work and many volunteers," said override supporter Anne Bryan, the wife of Invest in Milton cochairman Jeffrey Cruikshank. The tax increase will supply funds to several departments, including police and fire, public works, the Board of Health, and parks and recreation. The schools will receive $1.8 million. The override will add $340 to the annual tax bill of an average home priced at $530,000.

Jury deliberations began yesterday afternoon in the 2006 fatal shooting of a retired Cambridge police officer, following closing arguments at Suffolk County Superior Court, according to the office of District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. Michael Collins, 29, of Chelsea allegedly shot and killed the retired officer, Myles Lawton, 62, and nearly killed Lawton's friend on Dec. 5, 2006, at Lawton's Dorchester home following a drug deal gone awry, Conley said. Assistant District Attorney David Fredette urged jurors to find Collins guilty of first-degree murder and other counts. Collins's lawyer, Rosemary Scapicchio, expressed doubt that the surviving victim could identify the shooter.

A Brockton man is facing charges that he fatally stabbed another man outside a city bar during the weekend. Authorities said Eugenio Lopes, 24, was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday on murder and assault and battery charges related to the stabbing of Jose Gongon about 2 a.m. Saturday. A spokeswoman for the Plymouth district attorney said Gongon was found outside the Cardoso Cafe with stab wounds to his face, neck, chest, and abdomen. He died at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital. (AP)

Stoughton police are investigating whether an attempted armed robbery of Webster Bank yesterday and a connected bomb scare are related to a string of recent similar bank robberies in Greater Boston. After learning of the planned robbery at Webster Bank on Washington Street, Stoughton police asked the Norfolk County police anticrime task force to survey the outside of the bank, said Stoughton Police Lieutenant Francis Wohlgemuth. At 11:49 a.m., Stoughton police responded to a bomb threat at Stoughton High School, he said. Minutes later, police at Webster Bank arrested Aaron N. DiMillio, 23, of Brockton, who attempted to enter the bank wearing latex gloves and holding a toy plastic gun, Wohlgemuth said.