COOPERSTOWN - David Ortiz was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York on Sunday, July 24. Ortiz hit 541 home runs in … [Read more...]
Monkeypox Declared Global Health Emergency
July 25, 2022
LONDON (AP) — The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” … [Read more...]
Olympia Sports to Close Its Remaining 35 Stores
July 23, 2022
PORTLAND, MAINE (AP) — A Maine-based sporting goods chain that once had more than 200 stores on the East Coast is closing its remaining 35 … [Read more...]
Weak Protection for Vanishing Whale Violates Law, Judge Says
July 11, 2022
PORTLAND, MAINE (AP) — A judge says the federal government hasn’t done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster … [Read more...]
Fire Rips Through Historic, 17th-Century Inn on Nantucket
July 9, 2022
NANTUCKET (AP) — A fire ripped through a historic landmark on Nantucket Saturday morning, leaving the centuries-old structure heavily … [Read more...]
Ten Rescued Sea Turtles Released off Cape Cod
July 4, 2022
WELLFLEET (AP) — Ten endangered sea turtles rescued from cold waters last year have been returned to the waters off New England. The New England … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Fisherman
July 4, 2022
NEW BEDFORD (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a fisherman believed to have fallen overboard from a fishing trawler near … [Read more...]
Biden Signs Landmark Gun Measure
June 25, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades. The bipartisan compromise seemed unimaginable … [Read more...]
Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans
September 9, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out … [Read more...]
Lobster Fishing Will Face Restrictions to Try to Save Whales
August 31, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing industry will face a host of new harvesting restrictions amid a new push from the federal government … [Read more...]
