Heavy rain is expected from Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, four days after Auckland endured its wettest day on record in a storm that killed four people.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
The Biden administration had previously considered ending the emergency last year, but held off amid concerns about a potential ‘winter surge’ in cases.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Through sobs, did Alex Murdaugh say he killed his son?
Defense attorneys continue to question the way South Carolina authorities collected and analyzed evidence in the shooting deaths of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son Paul.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Rep. George Santos vows to cooperate with ethics probe after meeting with Speaker McCarthy
McCarthy confirmed to reporters that he met with Santos but would not say what they discussed.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Russian millionaire on trial in Massachusetts in hack, insider trade scheme
A federal prosecutor says a wealthy Russian businessman and associates made nearly $90 million dollars cheating the stock market in an elaborate scheme of hacking into U.S. computer systems to steal insider information.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Dolphins, humans both benefit from fishing collaboration
In Brazil, scientists have, for the first time, used drones, underwater sound recordings and other tools to document how local people and dolphins coordinate actions and benefit from each other’s labor.
Posted inNation & World, News
Seventh Memphis officer disciplined, EMTs fired in Nichols death
A seventh Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined and emergency medical technicians fired for their involvement in the brutal police beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols.
Posted inNation & World, News
Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 74
Pakistan, which is mostly Sunni Muslim, has seen a surge in militant attacks since November when the Pakistani Taliban ended their cease-fire with government forces.
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U.S. Secretary of State urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge
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Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
Nichols’ fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is a glaring reminder that efforts to reform policing have failed to prevent more flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.