Five players score in double figures as the Cornhuskers open their season with a 108-50 win over the Black Bears.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Amid outbreak, Winthrop Public Schools extend Thanksgiving break
The Winthrop School Committee met Tuesday to discuss options in light of multiple COVID-19 outbreaks since the start of the academic year.
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Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Bergeron snaps tie, then Bruins hold off Senators, 3-2
Patrice Bergeron breaks a 2-2 tie by scoring late in the second period.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Running back Nick Chubb on COVID-19 list, most likely out against Patriots
It is possible that Chubb, who is vaccinated, could be available Sunday if he is symptom free and tests negative twice 24 hours apart.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Pfizer asks FDA to approve COVID-19 booster shots for all adults
Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine since September.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 more former Trump aides, including Stephen Miller, Kayleigh McEnany
The subpoenas bring the House panel tasked with investigating the insurrection even closer inside Trump’s inner circle – and to Trump himself.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall meets fundraising challenge, closes in on $5.5 million goal
A fundraising challenge to renovate the upper theater at the historic opera house in Gardiner is within 90% of its $5.5 million goal.
Posted inNation & World
Defendant charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery changed his story, police say
The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Sen. Collins joins Republican push to return federal workers to in-person service
The senators said the extended remote work, a result of the coronavirus pandemic, has led to backlogs in key service areas.
Posted inNation & World
Rittenhouse shot first man at close range, pathologist testifies
Kyle Rittenhouse of Illinois had gone to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle and a medical kit in what he said was an effort to safeguard property from the sometimes-violent demonstrations that had been ongoing.