WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching…
Read more ‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s Keep Democracy Going.’ Americans Weigh in on State of a 250-Year-Old NationMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of…
Read more Democrats Propose State Laws to Limit ICE After Minneapolis Shooting of Renee GoodPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservations say the birds…
Read more More Loons Are Filling Maine’s Lakes With Their Ghost-Like CallsPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp, a historic industry that has recently fallen victim to warming…
Read more New England’s Shrimp Fishery to Shut Down for the Long Haul After Years of DeclineConcord, N.H. (AP) — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of…
Read more College Freshman Is Deported Flying Home for Thanksgiving Surprise, Despite Court OrderThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries. A halt to SNAP benefits would leave a gaping hole in the country’s…
Read more What to Know as Federal Food Help and Preschool Aid Will Run Dry Saturday if Shutdown PersistsPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect…
Read more One of the World’s Rarest Whales That Makes the Atlantic Its Home Grows in PopulationBOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative…
Read more Republicans Try to Weaken 50-Year-Old Law Protecting Whales, Seals and Polar BearsWhale capsizes boat off coast of New Hampshire Whale capsizes boat off coast of New Hampshire 02:32 RYE, N.H. — An incredible video captured the moment a whale…
Read more Video shows whale capsizing boat off New Hampshire coast, fishermen rescued
