Forecasts for cloudy skies cast shadow over North American solar eclipse
Reuters Cloudy skies forecast for Monday could spell disappointment for many of the millions of North Americans hoping to glimpse the continent’s first total solar eclipse since 2017, possibly turning this spellbinding celestial phenomenon into a dud. Some regions that more typically experience fair skies in April within the “path of totality” – the narrow […]
Maine police searching for Army reservist suspected of shooting dead 18 people
Lewiston, Maine, USReuters Maine police on Thursday were searching for a US Army reservist wanted for murder after 18 people were killed and 13 were wounded in shooting attacks at a bowling alley and a bar in the city of Lewiston the previous night. In an expanding manhunt, police fanned out across southern Maine with […]
Police scour Maine for man sought in Lewiston mass shootings
Updated: 5pm (AEDT)United StatesReuters Hundreds of police fanned out across the state of Maine hunting for a man wanted in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of Lewiston, as news outlets reported a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded. Officials said there […]
Arctic blast grips US north-east, bringing frostbite-threatening temperatures
Worcester, Massachusetts, USReuters A powerful arctic blast swept into the US north-east on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, where the wind chill dropped to -79 degrees Celsius, forecasters said. Wind-child warnings were posted for most of New York state and all six New England states […]
StrangeSights: A luxury hotel – for bunnies; ‘wordle’ tops Google’s search list; and, Santas hit the slopes…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Wow!: Bargain hunter scores 700-year-old medieval times document
DAVID SHARP, of Associated Press, reports on a remarkable find at an estate sale in the US state of Maine…
“A spiritual crisis”: US centre rethinks spiritual leadership for a climate-changed world
MARIKA PROCTOR, of Religion News Service, reports that at The BTS Center in Portland, Maine, thinking about the spiritual sector’s response to climate change is fueled by a common conviction: that the climate crisis is a spiritual crisis…
US Supreme Court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions
Washington DC, USAP The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a lawsuit by a Maine church that sought to take a preemptive strike against future restrictions associated with a variant of the virus that’s spreading across the country. Calvary Chapel in Orrington asked the US Supreme Court to stop Democratic Governor Janet Mills from […]
Connecticut is sixth US state to end religious vaccine exemption
AP Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that policy. The legislation was signed into law Wednesday by Governor Ned Lamont, hours after the Democratic-controlled Senate passed the bill late Tuesday night. More than 2,000 opponents had rallied outside […]
StrangeSights: Dummies hit the ski slopes; a treasure hunt in Maine; and, monolith spotted in Spain…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…