The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inLocal & State, New England
Maine’s baby eel fishermen hope for normalcy in 2021
Maine has the only significant fishery for the eels in the U.S., and they sometimes fetch more than $2,000 per pound.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Divided House passes immigration bills for DACA recipients and farm workers
The bills were approved on near-party line votes, and hit a wall of opposition from Republicans insistent that any immigration legislation bolster security at the Mexican border, which waves of migrants have tried breaching in recent weeks.
Posted inNation & World
U.S.-Russia relations nosedive as Biden and Putin trade jabs
President Vladimir Putin responded to President Biden’s description of the Russian leader as a killer by citing America’s past and present troubles, from slavery and the slaughter of Native Americans to racial injustice.
Posted inNation & World
Forecast for spring: Nasty drought worsens for much of United States
Government forecasters say the spring in the U.S. looks like it will be dry and warm with little flooding.
Posted inBusiness
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
An unexpected group, not known for activism, emerged in 2020 as an unlikely financier of social change: corporations.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ringo calling! If he wants you to sing, who could say no?
A bevy of stars, including Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Dave Grohl, Chris Stapleton, Lenny Kravitz and Jenny Lewis, are all on the chorus of Starr’s most recent song, ‘Here’s to the Nights.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Prepare the popcorn: AMC opening more movie theaters
It was only in June that AMC cautioned it may not survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Who run the Grammys? Beyoncé, Taylor Swift make history
Beyoncé’s 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter, who won best music video alongside her mother, became the second youngest act to win a Grammy in show’s 63-year history.
Posted inNation & World
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
President Biden now needs to figure out how to spend the $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief.