Most home health aides offer vital care to the frail and aged. But some have other designs, leaving too many clients vulnerable to theft and worse. It is a crisis largely unseen, one which state authorities have done little about.
Just after 4:30, the Lawrence police radio sounded: ?All right, get every civilian out of this area.? It was a stunning response to the unimaginable series of explosions and fires in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, events that unfolded with shocking speed and total lack of warning.
Residents still under evacuation orders will be allowed back in their homes at 7 a.m. Sunday, Governor Charlie Baker said at Saturday evening news conference.
Lawrence residents meet with Columbia Gas at claims center set up in library The library became a destination Saturday for people seeking answers from the utility after being forced from their homes when multiple explosions and fires broke out Thursday.
Lawrence, Andover complete recounts of Third District ballots The deadline is Monday to finish the hand tally of 89,000 ballots across the 37 towns and communities in the Merrimack Valley-based district.
Death toll rises to 12 as Florence pours on the rain Florence, which has already left at least 12 people dead and about 1 million without power on the East Coast, continued to move inland at an ominously sluggish pace Saturday.
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Red Sox 5, Mets 3
Jackie Bradley Jr. and Brock Holt each had two-run doubles in the fifth inning as the Red Sox evened their weekend series with the Mets.
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Chris Sale has been great, but here?s why he shouldn?t win the Cy Young, and other thoughts There?s one stat that is holding him back in the race to be the American League?s best starter.
BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
How bad was Matt Patricia?s head coaching debut? Dysfunction reigned in the 24 hours after the game.
Music Review
No band, no problem for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Armed with nothing but his guitar and real-time sampling pedals, the shaggy troubadour might have delivered one of the gutsiest shows ever performed in a football stadium.
Arthur Medici, 26, died from his injuries at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, following the attack off Newcomb Hollow Beach around noon Saturday.
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Dr. Michael Graver, 65, and Jodi Cohen, 52, of Manhasset, N.Y., were the sole occupants of the single-engine plane when it went down around 11 a.m. Saturday.
The man was shot near 500 Blue Hill Ave. and pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
Experts on police training and psychologists are split as to the credibility of Officer Amber Guyger?s story about how she came to kill 26-year-old Botham Jean.
Fire at Boston?s Old City Hall causes $150,000 in damages The one-alarm fire was contained to one room in the basement, according to the Boston Fire Department.
As Trump associates folded one-by-one over the last year under the pressure of federal investigators, there was always Paul Manafort.
Paul Lewis, 55, BU football star who went on to work with at-risk youths Mr. Lewis was president of Positive Approaches, which provided workshops for neighborhood and school-based groups in Boston and Providence.
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Thirteen Massachusetts colleges have signed up to be a part of a ?pipeline? for incarcerated people to get their degree while behind bars.
Tests conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection found no contaminants in the town?s water supply, town officials said in a press release Saturday.
Editorial
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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?This summer I trained harder than I?ve ever trained, smarter than I?ve ever trained,? Donato said after Saturday?s game.
As emergency responders went door to door Friday checking gas lines, locksmiths? services were in high demand.
Do you like piglets, music, whoopie pies? They?re all at the Topsfield Fair from Sept. 28 through Oct. 8.
The first thing you should do is leave --- immediately. Stay up-to-date on the gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover on Boston.com.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his Obama-era predecessor John Kerry has been ??actively undermining?? US policy on Iran.
Residents poured into the streets prior to an expected offensive by the Assad regime to retake the territory.
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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.
Hawaiian Airlines is about to make the difficult slog to Honolulu ? often lasting 15 hours or more ? much easier for New Englanders with new nonstop flights.
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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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The Big Picture
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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