As more places drop mask orders and other COVID-19 precautions, there’s new urgency in finding ways to protect up to 7 million Americans with severely weak immune systems
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U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade
For the fourth straight day, scores of truckers taking part in what they dubbed the Freedom Convoy blocked the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, disrupting the flow of auto parts and other products between the two countries.
Congress approves sex harassment bill in #MeToo milestone
Significantly, the bill is retroactive, nullifying that language in contracts nationwide and opening the door for people who had been bound by it to take legal action.
UK’s Johnson cites ‘a dangerous moment’ in Ukraine crisis
The British Prime Minister said he believes President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided what he might do with Ukraine.
Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of U.S.
Wildlife advocates had sued the agency last year.
Oregon strengthens effort to attract semiconductor industry
Oregon has a 15 percent share of national semiconductor employment and directly employs 40,300 people, the Oregon Business Council said.
Impact of Farmington-area spread sewage sludge not known yet
New town officials and farms changing hands or no longer operating mean little may ever be known about how much or how long sewage sludge was spread on agricultural fields in Franklin County.
Farmington weekly peace vigil celebrates 20th anniversary
Since January 2002, local activists have stood vigil on exceedingly hot days and cold ones; in rainstorms and in blizzards — which this reporter has witnessed.
Farmington board approves employee hazard pay
The annual Town Meeting has been postponed to April 25.
Met Live ‘Rigoletto’ to be shown this weekend
An encore screening of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Rigoletto” will be shown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Originally scheduled for Jan. 29, the simulcast was canceled due to inclement weather. Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s riveting new staging Verdi’s “Rigoletto” astounded cinema audiences worldwide […]