Maine labor officials say the uptick in claims in Maine for the week that ended Dec. 4 is consistent with trends that predate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Golden Globes announce nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
Snoop Dogg reads the nominees behind sunglasses and a red hat during a livestream on the Globes’ YouTube page.
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Chauvin expected to plead guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to change his current not-guilty plea in the case.
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Anne Rice, author of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ dead at 80
She wrote more than 30 books, of which 13 were part of the ‘Vampire Chronicles’ begun with her 1976 debut.
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Crews search for the missing after Friday’s devastating tornadoes
A death toll of 36 across multiple states is expected to rise as rescuers comb through fields of wreckage in Kentucky on Saturday.
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Photo from tornado-damaged home lands almost 130 miles away
Sleuthing via social media, the finder in Indiana tracks down the photo’s owner in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
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Spielberg ‘West Side Story’ debuts weakly with $10.5 million
Despite critical acclaim and two years’ worth of anticipation, Steven Spielberg’s lavish revival made little noise at the box office.
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U.K. raises coronavirus threat level as omicron surges
Concerns about the new variant lead the government to reintroduce restrictions that were lifted almost six months ago.
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Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81
Fernández was known for hits such as ‘El Rey’ and ‘Lástima que seas ajena.’
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Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?
Unusually warm temperatures and a storm system moving east linked to the La Nina weather pattern helped create the conditions necessary for the severe weather that tore through parts of the the Midwest and South.