President Biden’s chief medical adviser says, ‘There’s a distinct anti-science flavor to this.’
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Panel approves bid to demolish Wright Brothers’ first bike shop
The building has deteriorated to a point where it can no longer be maintained and redeveloped, say officials in Dayton, Ohio.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
East Coast herring fishery will be shut down until 2022
The East Coast herring fishing industry will be almost completely shut down for the rest of the year
Posted inNation & World
High inflation? Low polling? White House blames the pandemic
Finally controlling COVID-19, the White House believes, is the skeleton key to rejuvenating the country and reviving Biden’s own standing.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
South African scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron variant
In the space of two weeks, the omicron variant has sent South Africa from a period of low transmission to rapid growth of new confirmed cases.
Posted inNew England
Interior Department approves second large U.S. offshore wind farm
Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the east and west coasts of the U.S. and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced last month by the Biden administration.
Posted inNew England
Tribes mourn on Thanksgiving: ‘No reason to celebrate’
Thursday’s solemn National Day of Mourning observance in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, recalled the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America.
Posted inBusiness
Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan
Mark Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to build will “let you do almost anything.”
Posted inNation & World
Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
About 4 million federal workers, from FBI agents to Bureau of Prisons guards to U.S. Food and Drug Administration workers, are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president’s executive order aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
At 83, hiker becomes oldest ever to complete Appalachian Trail
Known as ‘Nimblewill Nomad,’ he hiked the trail in sections, completing the final bit in western Massachusetts on Sunday.