If the public decides you should not be held accountable for what you did as a drunken 17-year-old, some wondered, what message does that send today’s 17-year-olds? 

A tentative agreement with Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys marked an apparent breakthrough that could alter the course of a bitter confirmation fight. 

No one should compromise the basic rules of fairness and due process that have long been the hallmarks of the rule of law. 

The victim was taken to a local hospital, Police Commissioner William Gross said. 

The lines that wend through the state, beneath city streets, and into people’s homes are overseen by a patchwork of bureaucracies and a regulatory system that largely trusts utility companies to police themselves. 

About 7,000 hot plates are being handed out to Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover residents who lost gas service after last month’s gas explosions and fires. It will get much colder before permanent repairs are complete, though. 

It did not involve Clydesdales or polar bears or Michael Jordan. It’s an ad for retractable awnings. And it has been seen hundreds of millions of times. 

The release of criminals who were once deemed sexually dangerous is not unusual, according to state Department of Correction data. 

Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor can no longer let customers request meat from lobsters sedated with marijuana. 

A man later called police and said he had “accidently left the child” in a shopping cart after a trip to the store.