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People in Winthrop, Massachusetts, were without their water service Thursday due to a valve problem, officials said. The water supply has since been restored, following the interruption, according to Town Manager Austin Faison. Residents are cautioned that they may see some discoloration in the water, but the water is safe, Faison said. Residents are advised to run their faucets until…

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said it was working with the town to restore the water service as quickly as they could.

Even with recent rain and snow, parts of the region are still under an extreme drought.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a distressed deer who had been caught in a current over the weekend in Clarence Strait, Alaska.

Carbonated water seemed to be particularly affected.

The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn’t getting wet enough.

A boil water order was lifted Monday in Reading, Massachusetts, two days after the water department warned residents they had detected E. coli bacteria in drinking water. The town announced sample results determined the drinking water no longer poses a threat. Residents are urged to “flush” their water to clear plumbing of any leftover contaminated water.

A boil water order was put into effect on Saturday.

Two fishermen got an up-close look at a great white shark Tuesday when their boat got close to a whale carcass. Matty Riley and Ken Roth were out lobstering in Cape Cod Bay around 11 a.m. when the shark approached their vessel. A video captured by Riley shows the close encounter.

Water has been restored in Newton, Massachusetts after a water main break off a busy street in the town inconvenienced several businesses and residents. The water main break happened sometime after 1 p.m. on Needham Street, according to the Newton Department of Public Works. As a result, the road was closed from Winchester to Oaks Street while crews work to...

A Boston man has died after being pulled from the water Tuesday at Revere Beach, police said Wednesday. The man was identified by Massachusetts State Police as 58-year-old Thomas M. Burns. Bystanders and lifeguards had pulled him from the surf before 3 p.m. and he was unresponsive when police arrived.

A man was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being pulled from the water at Revere Beach. Massachusetts State Police said when they arrived to the beach for a possible drowning just before 3 p.m., bystanders had already pulled the man from the water.

Shark warnings are the new normal around Cape Cod, so local surfers are turning to new technology to safely share the waters with the marine beasts. “They’re everywhere,” surfer Shawn Vecchione said. “One day I counted 20 (sharks) right after I got out of the water.” It’s been getting easier for long-time surfers on the Cape to spot the...

Police have identified a woman whose body was found in Boston’s Charles River. The woman was pulled from the river around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday after being spotted by a rower near the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge.

A woman’s body was recovered Wednesday morning from the Charles River in Boston, according to state police. A marine unit recovered the body of an adult woman around 7:35 a.m. after it was spotted by a rower in the area near the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge.

Two sharks were seen tussling in waters off of Chatham, Massachusetts.

Excited to hit the pool this summer? A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may make you think twice before you dive in. Outbreaks of Cryptosporidium, a parasite spread through the feces of infected humans or animals, increased an average 13% a year from 2009 to 2017, the CDC announced in a report published Friday....

Prosecutors who dropped charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal explained their decision in a public forum Friday night, telling frustrated and shocked residents they must look at hundreds of mobile devices and millions of documents that a previous investigative team never reviewed. Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy spoke to about 100...