NORTH ATTLEBORO — For a small town in the middle of the Northeast Corridor, North Attleboro has a wide variety of wide — and not so wide — open spaces. From the 256 acres of the North Attleboro Fish Hatchery off Bungay Lake (actually owned by the U.S. Fish and […]
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indianapolis mother is being forced to figure out how to keep a roof over her family’s head when the CDC eviction moratorium expires on Dec 31. Emily Hernandez told News 8 that she lives in a duplex east of downtown Indianapolis. The mother said she got […]
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate who once ran for political office in Virginia has been arrested by authorities who said they caught him flying across the country earlier this week with a 12-year-old girl he had persuaded to run away from her California home. Nathan Larson, 40, […]
By WILL WEISSERT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind. Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption. […]
By WILL WEISSERT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind. Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption. […]
(CNN) — Atlantic City is offering critics of President Donald Trump the chance to celebrate his departure with a literal bang. Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced Thursday that the Jersey Shore town is auctioning the chance to push the button that will set off the implosion of the now-closed Trump […]
By PAUL WISEMAN and ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as soon […]
By PAUL WISEMAN and ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as soon […]
BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Big U.S. technology firms ranging from Apple to Facebook may have to change their business practices in Europe or face fines of as much as 10% of their annual turnover under new draft EU rules announced on Tuesday. The European Union is trying to rein in tech […]
By Mimi Dwyer, Ted Hesson and Laura Gottesdiener LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoros, Israel Martinez abandoned his hopes of seeking asylum in the United States. Beaten down by the cold and […]
An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner crosses the trestle at Ocean Beach Park on Vandenberg Air Force Base in this photo taken at sunset over the Christmas holiday in 2019. Len Wood, Staff File Reservations will be required over the Christmas holiday period on Pacific Surfliner trains that travel between Santa Barbara, […]
By TERRY TANG and TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven’t driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They typically leave Canada to hunker down in warmer climates for six months. […]
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues […]
Marvel just dropped news about so many new movies and TV shows that it may leave you feeling like you’re in your own multiverse of madness. At Disney’s investor presentation Thursday, Marvel boss Kevin Feige hyped up how Disney+ is going to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe “more immersive than […]
By The Skanner News Published: 11 December 2020 Portland, Ore. – It’s that time of year to visit your national forest and find the perfect holiday tree for your home! Most national forests issue permits for visitors to cut their own holiday tree. As guidelines vary from forest to forest, […]
NEW DELHI — India is reporting 31,521 newly confirmed coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, dropping to just over a third of the peak level seen in mid-September. India’s single-day cases have remained below 50,000 for more than a month. The health ministry also reported 412 deaths Thursday, raising […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state official who has been critical of measures ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott in efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic says he has tested positive for the virus. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was among an estimated 200 people who rallied outside Abbott’s home in […]
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed.” He says that is leaving people in developing nations around the world watching preparations for the rollout of inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich countries and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated. […]
Digital gift cards make shopping easy and can be personalized with holiday themes SEATTLE, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This holiday season, cruise fans can buy their favorite traveler the perfect gift of future cruise travel with a Holland America Line gift card. Cruising will return in 2021, and gift cards can be […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The greater Sacramento region will be placed under California’s most restrictive coronavirus rules this week because capacity in hospital intensive care units has fallen below 15%. The 13-county region encompassing the state capital has an ICU capacity of 14.3% and will face a regional stay-at-home order at […]
It’s time to support the cause dearest to your heart by putting up some cash! Five nonprofits need help in their bid to win more than $20,000 in this year’s Detroit News holiday contest. The top 5 Detroit non-profits have made it to our final round and the one who raises the most […]
WASHINGTON — A new poll find only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines even as states prepare to begin months of vaccinations. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about a quarter of U.S. adults aren’t sure […]