Cambridge Day

An Italian court has sentenced four agents of Egypt's national security services to 10 years in prison for their role in the abduction of Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge researcher tortured and killed in Cairo in 2016. Three days after the verdict, Italy and Egypt's defence memorandum was dropped, adding diplomatic weight to a case that has strained relations between the two countries for years.

Harvard's graduate student union has voted to authorize another strike after a 40-day walkout failed to produce an agreement with the university. The vote gives bargaining representatives a fresh mandate to walk out again if negotiations stall, escalating an already prolonged labor dispute at the Cambridge campus over contract terms with Harvard.

A man has been charged with assaulting two women inside a fitness club in Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The report, from local outlet Cambridge Day, identifies the charges but gives few further details on the incident, the suspect's identity, or the victims' conditions. The case is now moving through the local criminal justice process.