The freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall that’s disrupting holiday travel in the U.S. shouldn’t be a problem for a man who lives at the North Pole.
Dari Alpi
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Judge kept FTX execs’ plea deals secret to get founder to U.S.
Prosecutors had been concerned that if Sam Bankman-Fried found out his friends were cooperating, he might try to fight extradition from the Bahamas, where he had been arrested at the request of U.S. authorities.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
New crime data collection system doesn’t reflect crime wave in Maine
Overall crime in Maine had dropped for 9 consecutive years under the old reporting system used through 2020.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Jan. 6 panel unveils report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’
The 845-page report comes after the panel interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, held 10 hearings and obtained millions of pages of documents.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
Canadian polar bears near ‘bear capital’ dying at fast rate
Researchers found the number of polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay has fallen by nearly 50%, since the 1980s. The ice essential to their survival is disappearing.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
As flu rages, U.S. releases medicine from national stockpile
States will be able to request doses of the prescription flu medication Tamiflu kept in the Strategic National Stockpile.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Jan. 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on insurrection
The committee’s eight chapters of findings will largely mirror nine hearings this year that presented evidence from more than 1,000 private interviews and millions of pages of documents.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House committee votes to make public Trump’s tax returns
Trump has for years refused to make his tax returns public, breaking with modern tradition set by other presidents and presidential candidates.
Posted inNation & World, News
Zelensky to address Congress in 1st foreign trip since Russian invasion
The visit to Washington is set to include an address to Congress on Capitol Hill and a meeting with President Biden.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. braces for dangerous blast of cold, wind and snow
Northern regions of the U.S. could see wind chills approaching 70 degrees below zero in the coming days.