Late Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for portions of Maine.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
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Child poverty in U.S. jumped, income declined in 2022 as COVID benefits ended
An official with the Census Bureau says pre-pandemic poverty levels for kids have returned.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
McCarthy directs House panel to open formal Biden impeachment inquiry
The Republican leader is once again at a political crossroads – trying to keep his most conservative lawmakers satisfied and prevent his own ouster.
Posted inNation & World, News
About 10,000 people are missing and thousands are feared dead in Libya floods
The startling death and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade.
Posted inNew England, News
Massachusetts city gets more than 10 inches of rain, flooding homes, jeopardizing dam
More storms were in the forecast for Wednesday, as well as incoming Hurricane Lee.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. claims Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance
Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove at trial that Google rigged the market in its favor by locking in its search engine as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices.
Posted inNation & World
Hurricane Lee barrels through Atlantic after becoming season’s first Category 5 storm
Lee is expected to strengthen and reach winds of up to 180 mph.
Posted inBusiness
IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes
A team of academic economists and IRS researchers in 2021 found that the top 1% of U.S. income earners fail to report more than 20% of their earnings to the IRS.
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Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against Sen. Graham, 2 ex-senators, Michael Flynn
The nine-page report showed jurors recommended charges against 39 people, compared to the 18 who were charged along with former President Donald Trump.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts investigates teen’s death; company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from shelves
The boy’s family pointed to the chip, popularized as a dare on social media, as contributing to his death.