Residents in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover have joined a class action lawsuit against the company that supplies natural gas to those communities.
The pressure in the natural gas pipelines prior to a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts last week was 12 times higher than it should have been.
Federal officials say the investigation into the Boston-area natural gas explosions is partially focused on pressure sensors that were connected to a gas line.
A series of gas explosions has killed a teenager, injured at least 10 other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston.
UPDATE (8:18 p.m.): Manchester Police confirm 19 dead and as many as 50 injured in "possible terror incident."
UPDATE (7:56 p.m.): North West Counter Terror Command says it is now being treated as a "possible terror incident."
Multiple fatalities are being reported at the site of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in the United Kingdom...
UPDATE: Two Paris police officials say security forces have ended their assault on a concert hall filled with hostages, killing at least two attackers. Neither official could be named, citing ongoing operations throughout the city. One official described ``carnage'' inside the building, saying the attackers had tossed explosives at the hostages...
UPDATE: Police say a man who barricaded inside a home in Salem, Mass., was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot early this afternoon. Tthe man's name has not bee released. An earlier story is below.
Massachusetts state police have deployed a bomb squad in Salem after authorities evacuated neighbors living near a home in which an armed man has barricaded himself...
At least seven people are dead after fire tore through an apartment building in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Fire Chief Ed Pitta says crews rushed to the scene early this morning to find smoke and flames pouring from the structure.
Crews originally said as many as seven people were missing, but were able to determine that all those unaccounted for had died...