Hamlin’s remarkable recovery continues after going into cardiac arrest and being resuscitated on the field during a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution
The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.
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U.S. hiring remains brisk as employers add 223,000 jobs
The number is further evidence that the economy remains healthy, yet also a sign that the Federal Reserve may still have to raise interest rates aggressively to slow growth and cool inflation.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Two years after Jan. 6, fight over House speaker paralyzes Congress again
Friday’s moment of silence at the Capitol to contemplate the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on it was expected to draw mostly Democrats.
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again, summit crater glows
Hawaii’s Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
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Iowa woman believed to be oldest person in U.S. dies at 115
Bessie Laurena Hendricks, of Lake City, celebrated her 115th birthday on Nov. 7 and was listed last year by Gerontology Research Group as the country’s oldest living person until her death.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
First woman elected Massachusetts governor sworn in
Maura Healey, who’s also the state’s first governor to openly belong to the LGBTQ community, pledges to lead ‘with empathy and with equity.’
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Survey: 3.3 million U.S. adults displaced by natural disasters
Hurricanes were responsible for more than half of the forced relocations.
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Mexico nabs son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ before Biden visit
Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Army and National Guard personnel had captured a son of ‘El Chapo.’
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
‘Gut-wrenching’: Connecticut state lawmaker dies in crash
State Rep. Quentin Williams, seen as a rising political star, was killed overnight when his vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver after leaving the governor’s inauguration ball.