Rick Sobey

Rick Sobey is a multimedia, general assignment reporter -- covering breaking news, politics and more across the region. He was most recently a reporter at The Lowell Sun. Rick is a Massachusetts native and graduated from Boston University. While not reporting, he enjoys long-distance running.

Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina. (Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority)

American Airlines blames 9-year-old girl for being filmed in plane bathroom: 鈥楽hocking and outrageous鈥�

May 21, 2024 at 4:39 p.m.

The lawsuits against American Airlines started after a former flight attendant was arrested in connection with allegedly recording a 14-year-old girl in a plane鈥檚 bathroom on a Boston-bound flight.

The area where a 4-year-old girl was hit by a truck and killed at Congress and Sleeper streets. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

4-year-old Denver girl struck and killed by driver near Boston Children鈥檚 Museum

March 27, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Congress and Sleeper streets, near the Boston Children鈥檚 Museum.

Type 2 diabetes study: Afternoon exercise tied to blood sugar improvements, Boston researchers find

June 9, 2023 at 12:23 p.m.

鈥淲e鈥檝e known that physical activity is beneficial, but what our study adds is a new understanding that timing of activity may be important too,鈥� one of the researchers said.

AMHERST, MA – APRIL 8: The University of Massachusetts at Amherst campus on April 8, 2019. (Staff Photo By Christopher Evans/抖阴ap/Boston Herald)

What is a 鈥榖org鈥�? College drinking TikTok trend is 鈥榲ery concerning,鈥� can lead to alcohol poisoning

March 7, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

The days of jungle juice and kegs at college parties could be over, as a new "very concerning" drinking trend is all the rage -- sending students to the hospital...

This image provided by The New England Journal of Medicine in April 2019 shows an illustration based on brain scans from former NFL players. (The New England Journal of Medicine via AP)

Ex-NFL players who had concussion symptoms performed worse on cognitive tests decades after retirement: Boston study

March 3, 2023 at 1:51 p.m.

Former NFL players who reported experiencing concussion symptoms while playing were more likely to perform worse on a series of cognitive tests decades after retirement, according to Boston researchers who...

BOSTON, MA – MARCH 15: Brigham and Women’s Hospital is seen on March 15, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Angela Rowlings/抖阴ap/Boston Herald)

Brigham researchers sound alarm on sleep health misinformation in popular YouTube videos

February 28, 2023 at 12:31 p.m.

A new study from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital has identified an alarming amount of medical misinformation in popular videos about sleep disorders on YouTube.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – APRIL 15: An employee delivers goods to a shop in the city center following an easing of restrictions during the coronavirus crisis on April 15, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. The Austrian government is taking the first steps towards lifting heavy restrictions on public life that had been out in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus, including the opening of small shops, gardening centers and home supplies retailers. People riding public transportation are required to wear a protective face mask. (Photo by Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)

Male fertility study: Men who regularly lift heavy objects at work have higher sperm counts

February 23, 2023 at 8:27 p.m.

Men who regularly lift heavy objects at work have higher sperm counts, according to a new study from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Ann McKee, MD, director of the BU CTE Center

Boston University researchers find CTE in 345 of 376 former NFL players

February 7, 2023 at 11:36 a.m.

Repetitive head impacts appear to be the chief risk factor for CTE 鈥� which is characterized by misfolded tau protein that is unlike changes observed from aging, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, or...

Alzheimer鈥檚 study in Boston looking at possible treatment to prevent the disease

January 26, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

Boston medical researchers are hoping to get ahead of Alzheimer's by testing a possible treatment in patients who don't have symptoms but may be at risk for the progressive disease.

Boston cancer researchers create vaccine to kill and prevent brain cancer glioblastoma

January 5, 2023 at 4:55 a.m.

Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have created a cancer vaccine to simultaneously kill and prevent the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma.

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