The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million from the U.S. energy department for the project, Maine’s U.S. senators announce.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire man, charged with making phone threat against Congress, gets hearing
The man is accused of leaving phone messages for 6 members of Congress on Dec. 16 threatening to hang them if they didn’t support former President Trump.
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Biden presses Putin on opposition leader Navalny, nuclear treaty
In his first call with the Russian president, President Joe Biden said his administration was assessing the SolarWinds cyber breach and the reports that Russia offered the Taliban bounties to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
Posted inNation & World
Biden moves to advance racial equity, including ending privately run federal prisons
The president will also direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take steps necessary to promote equitable housing policy.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Democrats prep for Biden’s virus aid package with or without Republicans
A bipartisan group of senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, held a lengthy private meeting with the White House on Sunday and are talking on their own about trying to craft a more targeted bill.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump impeachment trial proceeds with support from just 5 Senate Republicans, including Collins
Tuesday’s vote on an effort to dismiss the trial shows a lack of votes for conviction, which requires support from two-thirds of the Senate.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Some Maine soldiers are returning home, others heading to D.C.
Most of the original 200 soldiers who were deployed to protect the nation’s capital are returning to Maine, but some have volunteered to stay.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. virus numbers drop as race against new strains heats up
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the improvement in numbers around the country appears to reflect a ‘natural peaking and then plateauing’ after a holiday surge, rather than the arrival of the vaccine in mid-December.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Outdoors
Appalachian Trail through-hikers told to postpone plans this year due to virus
About 2,000 through-hikers have already registered to make the trek this year, but the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is recommending against long-distance hikes.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Two trail runners, including Mainer, rescued after 1 lost shoes, ran barefoot in snow
The men were airlifted from Mount Lafayette in New Hampshire after losing a popular loop trail.