Vice President-elect Kamala Harris appears on the cover of Vogue magazine’s February issue, but her team says there’s a problem: the photo isn’t the shot both sides had agreed upon.
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Posted inNation & World
U.S. to ramp up vaccinations to get doses to more Americans
States are opening stadiums, convention centers and fairgrounds in an effort to inoculate as quickly as possible.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign
Aides hope the president will spend his last days in office trying to trumpet his policy accomplishments, beginning with a trip to Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s efforts to curb illegal immigration and border wall construction.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
Portland Food Co-op closes again after second positive COVID test
After the store reopened Thursday, a second employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Pittston, Gardiner municipal offices close over COVID-19 exposure concerns
The Pittston town office was closed Monday, while Gardiner municipal buildings will be closed until at least Feb. 1, officials said.
Posted inMaine, News
2020 will likely set new record for most drug overdose deaths in Maine
The 380 drug-related deaths in the first nine months of last year matches the total for all of 2019 and puts Maine on pace to surpass the previous high of 417, in 2017.
Posted inNation & World
Nancy Bush Ellis, sister and aunt of presidents, dies
Nancy Bush Ellis, a longtime Democrat who helped her Republican brother and nephew get elected president, has died of complications of the coronavirus.
Posted inMaine, News
Vandals damage gravestones in York County cemetery
Profane words and images were found spray painted on 10 memorials dating back to the 1850s and ’60s, including six for children who died before they turned 13.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol insurrection
But House Republicans block a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Trump from office.
Posted inNation & World
Biden chooses veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director