Some 1 million people in the country have been displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding in memory.
2021
Posted inSports
NBA roundup: Hawks earn split with Nets
After losing a shootout on Wednesday night, Atlanta hands Brooklyn its third loss in four games.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Once a model, California now struggles to tame COVID-19
The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Republicans torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden
The effort to subvert the will of voters is forcing Republicans to make choices that will set the contours of the post-Trump era and an evolving party.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Packers lose Pro Bowl tackle Bakhtiari
David Bakhtiari will miss the playoffs after sustaining a knee injury in practice.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Rose Bowl: Alabama routs Notre Dame, advances to CFP championship game
Mac Jones throws four TD passes – three to DeVonta Smith – and the Crimson Tide dominate the Fighting Irish in a 31-14 semifinal victory.
Posted inNation & World
Federal employees to receive 1 percent pay raise under Trump executive order
The president had proposed the increase in early 2020, but the administration later pushed for a pay freeze.
Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
Celtics waste big comeback, lose to Pistons
Boston erases a 21-point deficit, then goes scoreless in the last four minutes as Detroit gets its first victory, 96-93.
Posted inNation & World
Chicago ends 2020 with more homicides than in all but one year in more than two decades
After three years of falling homicide totals, 2020 ended with 769 homicides — 274 more than the previous year and the most since the 784 homicides in 2016.
Posted inBusiness
World’s richest men added billions to their fortunes last year as others struggled
The money earned by Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk this year could end hunger in America eight times over, according to one estimate.