BOSTON - The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has denied Karen Read's appeal to get some of the charges against her thrown out before her second criminal trial. Her defense argued before the highest court in the state last November that charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of personal injury and death should be dismissed.

Massachusetts court rules Karen Read can be retried for murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of boyfriend's death. The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant.