State and local officials in the U.S. say the limited vaccine supplies aren’t keeping pace with the growing number of people seeking appointments, a gap that is fueling anxiety about the virus.
Carol Semple
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
With COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks again
New omicron variants are again driving hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, causing states and cities to rethink their responses to COVID-19.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Italian Premier Draghi says he will resign after losing support of key ally
The president could accept or reject the resignation, or he could ask the premier to go before Parliament to seek a formal vote on the government itself, to see if the squabbling allies would rally around him.
Posted inNation & World
Ohio man charged with rape of girl, 10, who traveled for abortion
A man has been charged in Ohio with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case was questioned as dubious by Ohio’s Republican attorney general and a congressman.
Posted inLocal & State
Great white shark sighted killing seal off Owls Head
A couple witnessed the encounter on Sunday morning.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Democrats stress national security as computer chips bill hits Republican wall
The Biden administration warns that semiconductor manufacturers will take their business overseas if legislation boosting the industry doesn’t pass.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sen. Lindsey Graham, trying to quash subpoena, denies election meddling
His attorneys deny that it was meddling for him to call election officials in Georgia asking them to reexamine absentee ballots after the 2020 election.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Rowdy the cat is caught after weeks on the lam at Boston airport
Her escape from her cage set off a massive search involving airport and Lufthansa personnel, construction workers, and animal welfare advocates, as well as the use of wildlife cameras and safe-release traps.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Why inflation is so high, and when it might ease
But relief from higher prices might be coming.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Here’s a thumbnail history of the rise, fall of Sri Lanka’s president
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to bring back the muscular nationalism that had made his family popular with the Buddhist majority, but instead, he made a series of fatal mistakes that ushered in an unprecedented crisis.