Both candidates sidestep some difficult questions, in a debate far more respectful than the opening presidential debate eight days earlier.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Top Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for virus
Miller is an architect of the president’s ‘America First’ foreign policy and restrictive immigration measures.
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Posted inLocal & State
Two men found dead in Machias fire last month are identified
The cause of their deaths is pending further studies.
Posted inNation & World, New England
White male UNH professor accused of posing as immigrant woman
Several people who have reviewed the Twitter account before it was taken down last week said there were routinely posts with racist, sexist and transphobic comments and images over the past year.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Facebook says it will ban groups that openly support QAnon conspiracy theory
QAnon is the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and ‘deep state’ government officials.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Eddie Van Halen, rock guitar virtuoso with a shimmering sound, dies at 65
His band, Van Halen, is among the top 20 best-selling artists of all time, and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump halts talks on COVID-19 relief until after election
The president says he’s asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
FDA discloses vaccine guidelines blocked by White House
The Food and Drug Administration has laid out its safety standards for developers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release.
Posted inNation & World
What we do and don’t know about Trump’s COVID illness
The president’s doctors and aides were withholding key information on just how sick the president was, and what risks lie ahead for Trump under progression of the illness.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Nation & World, New England
New England fishermen lament that seals ‘are everywhere’
But experts maintain there is not enough science to determine whether the current population is too big and little basis for culling the marine mammals.