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The engineer who prepared the work plans for replacing gas mains in the Lawrence area failed to account for a critical sensor in a line that was being replaced, the agency said.
Second-term Charlie Baker will be like first-term Charlie Baker, says Charlie Baker ?The big message from the voters is constructive friction, fiscal discipline, bipartisanship works,? the governor said. ?We heard that message loud and clear.?
A small suburb west of Worcester prepares for a pot pilgrimage Local officials and residents are preparing for an unusual pilgrimage the likes of which Leicester has never seen.
Seven current and former students say former professors groped students in plain sight, hosted hot-tub parties with students, openly debated who had the ?hottest lab,? and sexually assaulted grad students.
BPD gives gang intel to ICE. A lawsuit wants to know how much Police in Boston are labeling Central American teenagers and young men as gang members and sharing that information with immigration agencies, according to a lawsuit.
Man indicted in connection with murder aboard fishing vessel off Nantucket A grand jury indicted a Mexican man in connection with a rampage aboard a boat about 55 miles off the Mass. coast that left one dead.
NFL awards Boston Children?s Hospital $14.7m to study brain injury Working with retired football players, the researchers will look for ways to diagnose and treat CTE in the living.
Democrat Porter flips GOP House seat in Southern California Democrat Katie Porter captured a Republican-held US House seat, extending a rout of the state?s GOP House delegation.
Florida Senate battle goes to hand recount Florida's acrimonious battle for the US Senate headed Thursday to a legally required hand recount.
Democrat declared victor in Maine US House race, adding to blue wave Democrat Jared Golden, who finished behind Republican US Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the first round of balloting in Maine?s new voting system, came from behind to flip the US House seat.
She had $4,900 sewn into her underwear, but couldn?t get it through customs at Logan The subterfuge failed, and the traveler and her husband ultimately forfeited about $27,000 in undeclared currency to the federal government, officials said.
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Betts becomes the 11th Red Sox player to receive the award from the BBWAA.
NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL
In voting Mookie Betts MVP, writers got it right Betts also should have won the award in 2016, when he finished runner-up to the Angels? Mike Trout.
Some parts of Massachusetts could see up to a half-foot or more of snow, and Greater Boston may see about 2 inches, thanks to a storm that?s expected to affect the evening commute.
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Snow fell in Boston Thursday night, but was expected to turn to rain in the city before midnight.
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Top Places to Work
Supportive companies can take some of the struggle out of balancing job and family.
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Top Places to Work
With employees increasingly scattered far and wide, companies are connecting them via virtual coffees, extra travel funds, and more.
CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA
What?s next for WEEI? News came Wednesday that morning co-host Kirk Minihane is leaving for a solo opportunity on the Radio.com app.
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Entercom made the right call with Kirk Minihane Listeners and advertisers will thank the broadcasting behemoth for cleaning up the airwaves.
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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
First-place Toronto comes to the Garden Friday to take on the inconsistent Celtics, who know the stakes.
Woods Hole scientists say this ancient civilization declined because of climate change A new study adds more weight to the theory that climate change may have been behind the decline of the Harappan civilization.
It took 145 years, but The Harvard Crimson finally voted a black woman to lead it Kristine Guillaume, Harvard Crimson?s first black woman president, is ready to turn the page.
?James was a shining star?: N.H. cyclist riding cross-country for cancer research killed in Mississippi James Dobson, 32, was on his ?Positive Vibes Tour,? spreading a message of joy for a good cause.
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A bicycle safety measure that should be law One of the most crucial fixes for bicycle safety is a device for trucks that should be mandatory.
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Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her? My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?
Subscribe to This Week in Weed Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.
Chara will be checked by team doctors as the Bruins try to patch a defensive corps together.
Nearly every day, teachers at Reading Memorial High School scan their classrooms carefully, sweeping their eyes across floors and furniture in search of swastikas.
From a one-bedroom condo in Marblehead for $325,000 to a two-bedroom South End unit for $2,450,000.
Newly elected Democratic members of Congress face a tough choice on whether to back Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House after distancing themselves from her on the campaign trail.
The country?s top prosecutor says the highest-level official behind the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi is former deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri.
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"Crossing intersections has become a life-risking activity."
The Massachusetts Port Authority board hasn?t picked a headhunting firm yet to replace its departing CEO, but the jockeying for the job has already begun.
The gripping Showtime miniseries ? based on an actual 2015 prison break in New York ? is anchored by great performances from Patricia Arquette, Benicio del Toro, and Paul Dano.
The series features astonishing turns by the young actresses who portray the two main characters, Elena and Lila.
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At least 56 people have lost their lives in California?s deadliest wildfire.
Scientists hope to translate paralyzed patients? thoughts into speech They are pursuing a technology that attempts to decode whether a person is silently saying ?yes? or ?no? or ?hungry? or ?pain.?
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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Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
