Under the agreement, leaders of two of the coalition partners will split the job of prime minister in a rotation.
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Even after Madoff’s death, work to unwind epic fraud goes on
A team of lawyers is still at work on a sprawling effort to recover money for the thousands of victims of the Ponzi scheme mastermind’s scam.
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NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions
The missions beat out two other proposed projects, to Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s icy moon Triton.
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Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters
The world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines may offer lasting protection, but scientists caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card.
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High school graduations are back, and in-person, after a year of difficult lessons
Deering High School’s outdoor ceremony at Memorial Field marks a return to some sense of normalcy.
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U.S. formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
Since Feb. 19, about 11,200 people with active cases have been allowed to return to the United States ahead of their hearing.
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Biden suspends oil, gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The remote, 19.6 million-acre refuge is home to polar bears, caribou, snowy owls and other wildlife, including migrating birds from six continents.
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In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels
There is strong evidence that human activity and global warming are altering the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, experts say.
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Central Maine high school athletes earn Maine Sports Hall of Fame Scholarships
Winthrop’s Kerrigan Anuszewski and Forest Hills senior Parker Desjardins among the top student athletes in the state.
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Pizzeria is open, busy and hiring
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Why is the Lewiston House of Pizza on Lincoln Street closed? It has been one of our favorite places to order pizza over the years.—Marcel, no town ANSWER: Oh dear, you must have called or stopped in on a Sunday. The staff members at Lewiston House of Pizza assure me they are […]