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Super Bowl preview capsule

by Associated Press February 11, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (16-3) vs KANSAS CITY (16-3) Where: Glendale, Arizona When: Sunday, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Spread: Eagles by 1 1/2 Eagles players to watch: QB Jalen Hurts, 24, will try to become the fourth starting QB younger than 25 to win the Super Bowl. The Eagles went 16-1 when Hurts started, losing two games when he […]

Nation / World, News, Uncategorized

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000

by JUSTIN SPIKE, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press February 11, 2023February 11, 2023

Rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins – one of them just 7 months old.

Maine, Uncategorized

A Texas court case could change Maine’s abortion landscape

by Penelope Overton February 9, 2023February 10, 2023

A judge known for his anti-abortion views soon could outlaw the most common method of ending an unwanted pregnancy in the state.

Nation / World, News, Uncategorized

U.S. says China balloon could collect intelligence signals

by MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Before the U.S. offered new information, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson repeated the nation’s insistence the large unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had blown off course.

Maine, Uncategorized

Legislative committee votes to approve free state park access to Indigenous people

by Dennis Hoey February 6, 2023February 7, 2023

The bill is sponsored by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop.

Nation / World, News, Uncategorized

White House: Improved surveillance caught Chinese balloon

by ZEKE MILLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Before Monday, U.S. officials had said that at least three times during the Trump administration and at least one other time during Biden’s time as president balloons have crossed American airspace.

Nation / World, News, Politics, Uncategorized

Rep. George Santos vows to cooperate with ethics probe after meeting with Speaker McCarthy

by Dave Goldiner Tribune News Service January 30, 2023January 31, 2023

McCarthy confirmed to reporters that he met with Santos but would not say what they discussed.

Op-Eds, Opinion, Uncategorized

Evidence is mounting that COVID is bad for the brain

by Faye Flam Bloomberg Opinion January 30, 2023January 27, 2023

The best we can do is be thankful we’re still alive and functioning, get a flu shot as well as COVID boosters, wear a helmet for dangerous sports, don’t binge drink, and don’t waste too much mental energy agonizing about the past.