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Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, the state’s largest utility is warning that dangerous fire weather could prompt it to shut off power to over 200,000 customers.

Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power. The single pistol shot fired...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for help tracking down a suspect who has been threatening clerks and stealing money from Massachusetts gas stations and convenience stores. He’s hit businesses in the Hyde Park and Roslindale areas of Boston, as well as in Canton, Stoughton and Randolph.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for help tracking down a suspect who has been threatening clerks and stealing money from Massachusetts gas stations and convenience stores. He’s hit businesses in the Hyde Park and Roslindale areas of Boston, as well as in Canton, Stoughton and Randolph.

Chips, soda and frozen pizzas tend to be full of salt, sugar and fat, but now scientists are trying to understand if there’s something else about such processed foods that might be bad for us. Already, the spread of cheap, packaged foods has been linked to rising obesity rates around the world. Yet advice to limit processed foods can seem...

On Tuesday night, the Beverly Hills City Council is expected to consider recommendations from the health and safety committee to ban the sale of all tobacco products.

The death toll in a massive fire at an illegally tapped pipeline in Mexico has risen to 109 after 10 more injured people died at hospitals. Mexico’s Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer said Friday that the latest victims who were severely burned died between Wednesday and early Friday. He said hospitals continue to treat about 40 injured victims. The victims were...

Forensic experts attempted to separate and count charred heaps of corpses in central Mexico on Saturday after a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap, killing at least 73 people and injuring at least 74. Forensic experts combed the site for remains, many of which were reduced to ashes. At least 54 bodies have yet to be identified. The...

A fireball erupted at the site of a fuel pipeline leak after it appeared to be ruptured by thieves.

A Massachusetts man is facing numerous charges after police say he attempted to rob two gas stations and tried to carjack someone in their driveway. Alfredo Rosa, 27, of Avon, was arrested Sunday and is being charged with armed robbery while masked, uttering threats to kill, unlawful possession of a firearm, failing to stop for police, attaching motor vehicle plates...

Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, seeking answers as the death toll from the twin disasters breached 1,700 and officials said they feared more than 5,000 others could be missing. Indonesia’s disaster agency said the number of dead had climbed to 1,763, mostly in Palu. Agency...

A dozen capital city businesses that are usually open late at night are seeing their hours slashed because the city says they create quality of life concerns for area residents.

A robber on Long Island who used a surgical mask as a disguise turned himself in after police say his mother recognized him after seeing him on TV.

Puerto Rico’s power company said Thursday that it has restored electricity to all customers affected by an island-wide blackout that was caused by an excavator hitting a transmission line, but tens of thousands of families still remain without normal service seven months after hurricanes Maria and Irma. Officials said that power had been restored to more than 1.4 million of...

The fourth nor’easter in three weeks pushed its way up the East Coast on Wednesday, bringing heavy, wet snow likely to knock out power across the region. Power outages during frigid winter months can endanger lives. Being prepared and knowing what to do before, during and after a power outage can help you and your family stay safe and comfortable....

The flash floods are causing some very dangerous road conditions in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Flash floods in parts of East Boston accumulated over 3 inches of rain.

A state scientist says a popular shrub sold at some nurseries and big box stories across Connecticut is being blamed for a rise in the tick population, which is causing an increase in Lyme disease cases in the state.

Puerto Rico has a long road of recovery after Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday as a category four. The entire island is without power and officials say it could take up to six months to restore.

Hurricane Irma destroyed a mobile home community in Key West. NBC 6 Reporter Jamie Guirola has the story.