They want to release hundreds of thousands of native white-footed mice engineered to resist the bacteria that causes Lyme in an effort to slow disease transmission.
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Parents charged with leaving toddler in cold car while skiing in Vermont
Police said ski resort records show they rode the ski lift 10 times and that it was 28 degrees Fahrenheit and windy outside.
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Maine man accused of burning Massachusetts church in racist attack
A federal grand jury has indicted a Houlton man in a 2020 blaze that damaged the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Wreck in Rhode Island is explorer James Cook’s ship, Aussies say
However, archaeologists in the U.S. say those findings are premature and a breach of contract in their joint research.
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Supreme Court justices suggest Boston should have flown ‘Christian flag’
The issue seems to unite justices on the left and the right, and the Biden administration and ACLU also support the man who wanted to fly the flag.
Posted inNation / World, New England, Schools & Education
Fatal fentanyl overdose of Connecticut 13-year-old brings calls for naloxone in schools
After the boy’s death, investigators later found nearly 40 bags of fentanyl stashed in multiple locations within the school.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Winter storm whips East Coast with snow, thunderstorms
A corner of Ohio reports 25 inches of snow and the storm spins up a tornado in Florida with winds of 118 mph.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, New England
In highly vaccinated New England, hospitals are under unprecedented strain as COVID-19 surges
Across New England=, hospitals are struggling with an overwhelming burden of patients amid a surge that has struck harder and faster than experts expected.
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Women sue Yale over fentanyl switch-up at fertility clinic
The plaintiffs say a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline.