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Officials work to pinpoint cause of 'Armageddon'-like gas explosions near Boston
Investigators were working Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of natural gas explosions that killed a teenager, injured at least 10 others and left dozens of homes in smoldering ruins. Authorities said an estimated 8,000 people were displaced at the height of Thursday's ...
Takeda moving U.S. HQ from Chicago area to Boston, affecting 1,000 workers
Japanese drugmaker Takeda says it is closing its U.S. headquarters in suburban Chicago with about 1,000 employees and moving its functions to the Boston area. Takeda spokeswoman Julia Ellwanger said Tuesday that the work currently performed at the offices in Deerfield, Illinois, will gradually shift ...
Boston police captain's son gets 20 years for Islamic State-inspired terror plot
A Boston police captain's son has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting an Islamic-State group inspired attack on a university. Alexander Ciccolo (chih-KOH'-loh) was sentenced Wednesday in Springfield's federal court. Ciccolo pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in May, a month before he was ...
Boston counterprotest overwhelms, cuts short 'free speech rally'
Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a "free speech rally" a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the U.S. Counterprotesters marched through the city on Saturday ...
Boston St. Patrick's parade faces boycott calls after gay vets are snubbed
A gay veterans group said Wednesday it has been denied permission to march in this year's Boston St. Patrick's Day parade just two years after organizers made the groundbreaking decision to allow gay groups to participate for the first time. The veterans group, OutVets, said ...
Scientists, environment activists stage Boston protest over Trump's threat to research
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the U.S. The scientists, some dressed in white lab coats, called on President Donald Trump's administration to ...
Shatner to fete 50 years of 'Star Trek' at Comic Con, throw Fenway pitch
Actor William Shatner will appear at Boston Comic Con 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of the hit television series "Star Trek." The three-day convention is scheduled for Aug. 12 through 14 at the Seaport World Trade Center. Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk on the ...
Utah teen injured in Brussels airport attack also survived Boston bombing
One Utah teen will live to tell about surviving his second major bombing. Mason Wells, a 19-year-old from Sandy, Utah, is expected to make a full recovery from the bombing attack at Brussels Airport on Tuesday. The blast has left him with a surgery scar, ...
Boston rail workers honored for safely stopping driverless runaway commuter train
Two Massachusetts transit employees whose quick action is credited with bringing a driverless train to a safe stop have been honored at a Statehouse ceremony. Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday presented citations to Mark McNeill and Ainsley "Lee" Saunders. Both work in the operations control ...
Salem witch seeks court protection from 'world's best-known warlock' over alleged harassment
A woman who calls herself a witch priestess said she is taking a self-proclaimed warlock to court over accusations of harassment. Lori Sforza, who runs a Salem witchcraft shop and leads a pagan church, filed for court-ordered protection against harassment from Christian Day, whose website ...
The longtime girlfriend and fugitive companion of James "Whitey" Bulger has pleaded not guilty to a contempt charge for refusing to say whether other people helped the Boston mobster during his 16 years on the run. Catherine Greig entered the plea Monday on the new ...
Man at center of Ireland's biggest ever banking scandal is arrested in U.S.
A man at the center of Ireland's greatest banking scandal has been arrested in Massachusetts and faces potential extradition to his homeland. The U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. attorney's office said federal agents arrested former Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm on Saturday ...
