West Coast chemical emergencies raise questions about the safety of massive industrial tanks

There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for them to fail as long as they ...
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Dear Abby: Friend’s GF is after my husband

Dear Abby: My husband and I know a guy from work I’ll call “Jon.” His girlfriend comes over whenever he does. She doesn’t ...

Washington tourist pleads not guilty in Hawaiian monk seal rock case, barred from Hawaii beaches

The defense attorney for a tourist from Washington state accused of hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian ...

Chad Tracy issues injury updates on trio of Red Sox stars

Righty reliever Garrett Whitlock had an injection for his sore left knee on Wednesday night. The Red Sox are hoping their top ...

Garrett Whitlock ‘day to day’ with sore knee, Red Sox hope he can avoid IL

Right-hander Garrett Whitlock is day-to-day with left knee soreness after slipping on the mound during Sunday’s rain-soaked ...

Matthew Perry’s assistant gets 3 years, 5 months in prison for central role in his ketamine death

The final sentencing in the 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution following the drug death of Matthew Perry will be of the ...

Healey denies DOJ demand to allow ICE to obtain undercover license plates

Gov. Maura Healey is not complying with a demand by the Justice Department to reverse an RMV policy prohibiting ICE from ...

Report: Kenmore Square’s CITGO sign will go dark on Friday

The CITGO sign, which has loomed over Kenmore Square for decades, will reportedly go dark Friday so the sign can be ...

New York and New Jersey are investigating FIFA’s ticket practices as World Cup prices soar

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport accused FIFA of turning the act of buying a World Cup ticket “into a gauntlet ...

The US is a two-time World Cup host. Without Lamar Hunt, it is likely neither would have happened

The most enduring memories that Clark and Dan Hunt share of their father, the sports tycoon Lamar Hunt, have less to do with all the World Cup games they saw together and more to do with the long, ...

9 missing after Washington paper mill tank implosion and officials say there’s no hope of survivors

Crews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington paper mill where a tank imploded, releasing a ...

Congress members say conditions dire at NJ detention center facing protests, reported hunger strike

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday said they observed dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating ...