The project will provide new habitats for unique seagrasses and a variety of fish species, and give divers an opportunity to explore.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Virus variant from South Africa detected in U.S. for first time
There are concerns that this version spreads more easily and that vaccines could be less effective against it.
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Posted inBusiness
Average U.S. price of gas up 10 cents a gallon to $2.45
The price at the pump is 15 cents less than it was a year ago.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Growing number of Republican senators oppose impeachment trial
House Democrats, who will deliver the impeachment charge of ‘incitement of insurrection’ to the Senate on Monday, are hoping for a conviction and a separate vote to bar Trump from holding office again.
Posted inNation & World
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs
Since November, the share of U.S. hospitals nearing the breaking point has doubled.
Posted inNation & World
Biden’s pick for Pentagon chief on track for Senate confirmation
Maine’s Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, voted against waiving the requirement that former servicemembers be out of uniform for at least seven years before serving as secretary of defense.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Who really had the album of the year? Emily Lazar did.
The mastering engineer is a triple nominee in the Grammys’ biggest category for her work with Coldplay, HAIM and Jacob Collier.
Posted inNation & World
‘Little old West Virginia’ sets pace on vaccine rollout
West Virginia has emerged as an unlikely success in the nation’s otherwise chaotic coronavirus vaccine rollout.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited U.S. Capitol riot
An Associated Press review of records finds that veterans of President Trump’s failed campaign were key players in the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Posted inNation & World
Small numbers of protesters gather at fortified U.S. capitols
Police and National Guard troops are standing sentry at newly fortified statehouses as small groups of armed demonstrators gather.