Katherine Lee

Maine bishop calls on Catholics to try ‘a different Christmas’

by Associated Press December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Bishop Robert Deeley previously called on the state’s Catholics to use the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available to them.

Nation & World

The Latest: U.S. close on deal with Pfizer for millions more vaccine doses

by news service reports December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

Nation & World

Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine, says ‘nothing to worry about’

by JILL COLVIN and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe

Nation & World

British virus mutation triggers alarm across Europe as more countries restrict UK travel

by PAN PYLAS Associated Press December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Trucks waiting to get out of Britain are backing up for miles and people are stranded at airports as many countries impose stringent travel restrictions over concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus.

Nation & World

Virginia’s Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol

by associated press December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who requested the removal, said workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection early Monday morning.

Nation & World

China criticizes Trump’s suggestion it, not Russia, is behind cyber spying

by Associated Press December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Trump on Saturday scoffed at assertions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other officials that the Kremlin was behind attempts to spy on federal agencies.

Nation & World

California stopped a virus surge in March with a stay-at-home order. Why isn’t this one working?

by Maura Dolan, Rong-Gong Lin II, Stephanie Lai Los Angeles Times December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

The latest orders came after the virus was already raging out of control, in part because of Thanksgiving travel — a difference experts say will make the current surge much harder to corral.

Election 2020, Nation & World, Politics

Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports, House panel says

by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

A House investigative panel says Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government articles that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus.