Netflix, which came in with a commanding 42 nominations, won the top TV awards.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice
Disadvantaged communities in America are disproportionately affected by pollution from industry or waste disposal, but their complaints have few outlets and often reach a dead end.
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Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
The justices are taking up a case about Arizona restrictions on ballot collection and another policy that penalizes voters who cast ballots in the wrong precinct.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs
Massive fraud in the nation’s unemployment system is raising alarms even as President Biden and Congress prepare to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into expanded benefits.
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Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief
The president and his team have begun discussions on the possible outlines of an infrastructure package with members of Congress.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Smaller work-release facility takes shape at former Down East prison
The Downeast Correctional Center housed about 140 inmates before it was abruptly closed by then-Gov. Paul LePage, who sought to consolidate and cut costs.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Conservative gathering to feature Trump’s false fraud claims
Some of the nation’s leading conservatives are gathering at a conference in Florida that will endorse former President Donald Trump’s continued dominance in Republican politics and promote his false claim that he lost the election only because of widespread voter fraud.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
The airstrike was the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration.
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New coronavirus variant in New York spurs caution, concern
New York City health officials and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday sought to tamp down worries about the new variant, emphasizing that the new research is preliminary and little is known about the variant.
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Energy executive: Texas power plants turned off in crisis
The head of a major Texas energy corporation says forced blackouts that left 4 million customers without electricity also unplugged plants that could have generated more power as the state’s grid was at the breaking point.