The purchase is aimed at helping to fill food pantries and boost the struggling East Coast seafood industry.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Insurer agrees to settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
One of the organization’s largest insurers would contribute $800 million into a fund for victims of child sexual abuse.
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One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said scientists and health officials may have underestimated how the spread of misinformation could hobble the ‘astounding achievement’ of the vaccines.
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Big California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
Motorists spun out on whitened mountain passes and residents fought fierce winds as Northern California absorbed even more rain and snow Monday.
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Kamala Harris unveils plan for electric vehicle charging network
The Biden administration has released a federal strategy to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and ultimately transform the U.S. auto industry.
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Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine
Officials believe they are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots.
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UMaine System among 60 finalists for $1 billion in federal economic grants
The University of Maine System is among the finalists going into the next round of competition.
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Jurors in former Minnesota officer’s trial see differences between gun, Taser
Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright asked to have the jurors handle a Taser, but Judge Regina Chu didn’t allow it after Kim Potter’s attorneys objected.
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Jurors at Potter trial see differences between gun, Taser
Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright asked to have the jurors handle a Taser, but Judge Regina Chu didn’t allow it after Kim Potter’s attorneys objected.
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Medicare urged to flex its power and slash back premium hike
The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should cut back a hefty premium increase that soon will hit millions of enrollees.