Missing the Dec. 31 deadline for turning in the apportionment numbers would be a blow to President Trump’s efforts to control how many congressional seats each state gets and how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed.
Carol Semple
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
CDC pleads with people not to travel for Thanksgiving, as coronavirus cases surge
The federal agency holds its first news briefing in months, and officials said they are alarmed to see 1 million new cases reported across the United States within the past week.
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‘Tired to the bone’: U.S. hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records every day this week.
Posted inNation & World
Ethiopian leader vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray
Ethiopia’s prime minister, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, continues to reject international pleas for dialogue and de-escalation in the two-week conflict in the Horn of Africa that has spilled into neighboring Eritrea and sent more than 27,000 frightened Ethiopian refugees pouring into Sudan.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Carmelite Monastery in New Hampshire closing after 74 years
The number of nuns living there have diminished to the point that it cannot be maintained.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
What’s with the confusion over masks? Here’s a Q&A.
Since the coronavirus first appeared, authorities have gained a better understanding of how it spreads and how masks can help stop that spread.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Maine tops New England for smoking, new lung cancer cases
Almost 18% of Maine people smoke, and that is 2.5 percentage points higher than the national average.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
A rusty Rudy Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump’s behalf
The former New York City mayor tried to make a case in Pennsylvania that there was a nationwide conspiracy by Democrats to steal the election, but he had no evidence.
Posted inNation & World
New York City schools to close again as city fights virus
New York City’s mayor says he’s shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Hunting licenses soar as virus-weary Americans head outdoors
The trend abruptly reverses a steady decline in hunting’s popularity that once appeared permanent, and provides a potential new source of food for families and food banks pressed by the pandemic.