The marine resources department said there would be restricted and closed areas along the coast, as happens every year, to help scallops grow.
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Motorcyclist killed in collision with SUV in Harrison
Police are still reconstructing the crash but say the motorcycle crossed into the oncoming lane.
Texas Republicans advance voting restrictions after Democrats’ walkout ends
Texas is now set to become the last big Republican state to pass tighter voting laws driven by former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Hurricane Ida on track to be ‘life-altering storm’ for Gulf Coast on Katrina anniversary
The National Hurricane Center predicts it will strengthen into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane before making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast late Sunday.
House panel seeks records from social media companies in Jan. 6 riot probe
The committee is looking for records related to 2020 election misinformation, foreign influence in the election, efforts to stop the election certification and ‘domestic violent extremists’ associated with efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, tells attackers: ‘We will hunt you down and make you pay’
The president says the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate staged the attacks that killed 12 U.S. service members and many more Afghan civilians.
Philanthropist Donald Sussman donates $2 million to Blue Hill hospital
The money will help fund a new hospital, which will have a full-service emergency department, laboratory, imaging, rehabilitation services and primary and select specialty care as well as individual patient rooms.
Federal judge penalizes pro-Trump lawyers over ‘sham’ Michigan lawsuit challenging election
The judge says the lawsuit, which sought to decertify the election won by Joe Biden, was intended to deceive the court and the public and was an abuse of the court system.
Concern about endangered whales cited in lawsuit over wind farm
In response, a group that represents renewable energy companies stressed the project has undergone a lengthy environmental review, permitting and public comment process.
Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments
In public remarks before the private meeting got underway, the president referred to cybersecurity as a ‘core national security challenge’ for the U.S.