The Food and Drug Administration asked its scientific advisers Thursday to help lay the groundwork for switching to once-a-year boosters for most Americans.
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Posted inNation & World
Palestinians: Israeli forces kill 9, deadliest incident in West Bank in two decades
Thursday’s action increases the risk of a major flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian fighting and casts a shadow on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s expected trip to the region next week.
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U.S. infiltrates big ransomware gang: ‘We hacked the hackers’
The targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world’s top five ransomware networks
Posted inSports
Final 4 NFL teams all feature offensive-minded head coaches
San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan, Kansas City’s Andy Reid and Cincinnati’s Zac Taylor call the plays, and Philadelphia’s Nick Sirianni delegated that duty during his first season.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Past U.S. presidents, vice presidents asked to recheck for classified documents
Handling of classified documents has been a problem off and on for decades, from presidents to Cabinet members and staff across multiple administrations stretching as far back as Jimmy Carter.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year outpaced record set in 2021
Significantly impacting fatal overdoses is the introduction of xylazine and nonpharmaceutical tramadol. Both drugs showed up on toxicology reports for the first time in 2021, almost always in combination with fentanyl.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Farmington school district recognizes the passing of former principal
Regional School Unit 9 recognized the passing of former W.G. Mallett school principal Gerald Glen Libby, who passed at the age of 85 years old.
Posted inLife & Culture
Couples circle coming to Farmington just before Valentine’s Day.
The Cosmic Craft will be hosting a couples circle, which promises to be a therapeutic experience where couples can explore each other in a spiritual way through breathing, meditation and even cacao.
Posted inSchools and Education, Uncategorized
Farmington school district shares the progress of high school completion program
Mt. Blue High School Principal Monique Poulin shared with the Regional School Unit 9 Board of Directors updates on the music and theater programs at Mt. Blue High School as well as the BARR program, a program geared towards freshmen to increase the possibility of high school completion.
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In jailhouse interview, farmworker admits to killing 7 on California farms
Chunli Zhao told KNTV-TV he bought the gun used in the killings in 2021 and didn’t run into any obstacles when making the purchase.