Governor Charlie Baker criticized Columbia Gas, the utility that provided gas to the destroyed homes, and said he was declaring a state of emergency, which would allow him to place a different company, Eversource, in charge.
In a catastrophe this big, why were there so few injuries and deaths? First responders, hospital officials, and other experts attribute the small number of casualties to a variety of factors ? including luck.
Locksmiths? skills come in handy as officials enter homes to check gas lines As emergency responders went door to door Friday checking gas lines, locksmiths? services were in high demand.
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Fires raged Thursday, questions rage now Being proactive would go a long way for the Department of Public Utilities, an agency often criticized for being cozy with the industry
Leonel Rondon, 18, had just gotten his driver?s license and had gone to visit friends when a nearby house exploded, sending the chimney crashing down onto his vehicle.
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Need to turn off the gas, or electricity, or water? Here?s how. The explosions in the Merrimack Valley were a wake-up call for those of us who don?t know the first thing about the shut-off valves in our basements.
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In Lawrence, the things they carried A steady caravan of residents-turned-refugees beat a path across the Merrimack River on Friday, returning to their homes in South Lawrence to retrieve only what they could carry by hand.
?I?ve never seen anything like this before,? says veteran Lawrence firefighter It was the start of an unprecedented shift for the 24-year veteran of the department.
During Boston Fintech Week, the Fidelity CEO said she believes it?s imperative for many of her employees to think and act like they work for a startup.
Mass. state trooper pleads guilty to collecting pay for bogus OT A suspended Massachusetts State Police trooper from Braintree pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to collecting pay for hours he did not work, according to federal prosecutors.
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Harvard president Lawrence Bacow returned to Pontiac, Mich, the community where he grew up, to preach the gospel of education with himself as case study Number One.
Trump, Pompeo bash ex-Secretary of State Kerry on Iran talks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his Obama-era predecessor John Kerry has been ??actively undermining?? US policy on Iran.
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Forecasters warned that drenching rains of 1 to 3½ feet as the hurricane-turned-tropical storm crawls westward across North and South Carolina could trigger epic flooding well inland over the next few days.
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Photos from Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence brought a life-threatening storm surge and hurricane strength winds to the Carolinas Friday.
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two federal crimes after cutting a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel?s Russia probe.
Brett Kavanaugh denies allegation of sexual misconduct in school Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh?s denial comes after a report of an alleged incident that took place while Kavanaugh was attending Georgetown Preparatory School.
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Red Sox met their match in losing to New York Noah Syndergaard dominated a patchwork Boston lineup, tossing seven shutout innings in New York?s win.
?I?m getting back to a normal life,? says Cape Cod shark bite victim ?I thought, ?If I don?t do something, I could be dead,?? said Dr. William Lytton.
Dinner with Cupid
Will shared confusion over menu items bond this 911 dispatcher and assistant teacher?
Love Letters
My friend wants to lose his virginity ? with me Our families are also close, so this won?t be just an uncomplicated summer fling.
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The long-term merits of Rachael Rollins?s plan for petty crimes Democratic nominee for Suffolk County district attorney Rachael Rollins has a plan to reform prosecution of petty crimes.
The life and rise of Ayanna Pressley Long before her shocking win, Pressley?s was an against-the-odds story. Time and again, she has toppled expectations.
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At Friday?s practice in China, the newly acquired veteran was paired with Charlie McAvoy.
Salemme and an associate were sentenced to life in prison for killing South Boston nightclub owner Steven DiSarro in 1993.
Long-term US mortgage rates this week jumped to their highest level since the start of August, raising costs for would-be home buyers.
Welcome to the conflicted top of the state?s 2018 Republican ticket.
The California Democrat said in a statement that she ??received information from an individual concerning the nomination.?
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Although zero percent offers are on the decline, Edmunds says buyers can still score a deal by combining a competitive interest rate with an incentive that the carmaker is offering.
Alert Innovation and Takeoff Technologies say they can help time-starved consumers, and supermarket chains threatened by Amazon.
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Matthew McConaughey stars as the father of the title character in this based-on-fact story.
My grandmother had always shown up for me. The least I could do was return the favor.
BU researcher calls on NIH to retract statement on alcohol and cancer risk Dr. Michael Siegel says the statement is in ?direct contradiction with the scientific evidence.?
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Fall House Hunt: Tips for making that winning offer Buyers who know what sellers want can craft a winning offer in a crowded field without putting themselves at risk.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.
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