Seaweed harvesting and farming, based largely along the coast of Maine, has found a way to grow during the crisis.
Tim Allen
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‘Obamacare’ enrollment rising as COVID-19 pandemic deepens
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services said more than 8.2 million people had signed up through the close of open enrollment Dec. 15.
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Pompeo says Russians were behind massive hacks of U.S. government networks
Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been compromised.
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U.S. stocks slide from records as wait continues for Congress
Technology stocks, banks and companies that rely on consumer spending account for a big slice of the decline.
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America’s scallop catch expected to dip by a fifth in 2021
But the projected catch of about 40 million pounds would still be more than any of the years from 2013 to 2015.
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U.S. blacklists top Chinese chipmaker, alleging military ties
The move means that U.S. companies will need to get a license to sell sophisticated technology to the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
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Google’s antitrust case won’t go to trial until 2023
The prolonged wait underscores the complexity of a case seeking to defuse the power of a startup that sprouted from a Silicon Valley garage in 1998 and evolved into a $1 trillion company.
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Berlin film festival postponed to later in 2021 due to virus
A virtual Berlinale will be held online in March, followed by a summer event with numerous film screenings for the public in theaters and the open air.
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Federal inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for coronavirus
Dustin John Higgs was convicted of ordering the 1996 murders of three women at a federal wildlife center near Beltsville, Md.
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Hack against the U.S. is a ‘grave threat,’ says cybersecurity agency
It says the intrusion compromised federal agencies and ‘critical infrastructure’ in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo.