Chris Bassitt strikes out a season-high 10 over seven innings as Oakland beats Boston in a matchup of American League division leaders.
2021
Posted inNation & World
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in Atlanta spa shootings
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also filed notice that she intends to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Robert Aaron Long, who is white.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Federal government approves huge wind project off Massachusetts coast
This project and Ocean Wind, a proposed 1,100-megawatt offshore wind project off New Jersey, are keystones in the Biden administration’s push to grow offshore wind as a way to fight climate change and create jobs.
Posted inObituaries, Uncategorized
Brian S. Pomerleau Sr.
SKOWHEGAN – Brian S. Pomerleau Sr., 81, passed away surrounded by his family on May 6, 2021.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Fairfield Republican lawmaker barred from inviting guests into State House
Rep. Shelley Rudnicki of Fairfield had brought in a camera operator and an activist who questions the effectiveness of vaccines and suggests they could be used to implant microchips in people.
Posted inNation & World
Scores of bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River
Images on social media of the bodies floating in the river prompted outrage and speculation that they died from COVID-19.
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Bruins notebook: Chara a factor in first-round playoff series against Capitals
Zdeno Chara, who signed with Washington in the offseason after 14 years as captain in Boston, knows the Bruins about as well as anybody.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
McConnell leads Republicans in assault on Democrats’ voting rights bill
States including Georgia, Florida, Arizona and Texas are pushing bills restricting voting, spurred by former President Trump’s false claims about election fraud after his 2020 loss.
Posted inHealth
Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations
Officials hope the move will be an incentive for facilities to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Job openings surge to a record high 8.12 million
The number of vacancies exceeded hires by more than 2 million, the largest gap on record and evidence of current hiring challenges.