The state’s U.S. senators tell Columbia Gas that pressure in its pipelines was 12 times higher than intended.
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Victim of shark identified as 26-year-old Revere man
He was bitten by a shark Saturday while boogie boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet and later died at a hospital.
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Probe of gas explosions in Massachusetts focuses on pressure sensors
Residents are allowed to return to their homes and electricity is restored, but gas service is still shut off.
Posted inNation & World, New England
No evidence Massachusetts gas blasts were intentional, investigator says
Officials are also looking into the response to the catastrophe by Columbia Gas.
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Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod
It’s the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936.
Posted inLocal & State, New England
Officials work to pinpoint cause of ‘Armageddon’-like blasts in Massachusetts
Authorities estimated 8,000 people were displaced at the height of Thursday’s post-explosions chaos north of Boston that left one dead, injured at least 25 and destroyed dozens of homes.
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Gas explosions in dozens of Massachusetts homes kill 1, injure at least 10 and force evacuations
The fire chief in Andover, Mass., says, ‘It looked like Armageddon,’ and authorities investigate the cause of the blasts in three communities north of Boston.
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Charlie Baker sets $20 million spending cap in re-election bid
The Massachusetts governor didn’t accept public financing and the $1.5 million limit that would have come with it.
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Two men honored for saving couple from oncoming train
They receive an award named for a flight attendant who communicated with ground crews from one of the hijacked planes flown into the World Trade Center.
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Ocean funding will benefit right whales, sea turtles, salmon
Four grants are coming to Maine to assess how fishing affects right whales and to help the salmon population.