In Norway, 82.4% of vehicles sold in 2023 were fully electric. So much for the idea that electric vehicles are falling out of favor and don’t work in cold climates. (The short answer about driving electric in cold weather: charge before you go.) The top-selling cars there last year were the Tesla Model Y, the […]
2024
NFL notebook: Patriots need to draft a QB, not trade away the No. 3 overall pick
There should be plenty of quarterback-needy teams willing to trade up, but nobody needs a QB more than New England.
Your Land: To do one thing well
We miss people variously, and often through contact with something they have left behind. So it is for me with the poet Mary Oliver, who died in 2019, and whose selected poems (Devotions), I have been reading as this winter works out what it will be. Oliver wrote so prolifically and deeply that I’ll not […]
Brunswick home ‘a total loss’ after Thursday morning fire
A Brunswick Fire Department crew, with assistance from other Midcoast departments, contained a fire at a residential structure on Coombs Road.
Biden orders U.S. investigation of national security risks posed by Chinese-made ‘smart cars’
The probe could lead to new regulations aimed at preventing China from using sophisticated technology in so-called connected vehicles to track drivers.
The FBI’s new tactic: Catching suspects with push alerts
The cellphone feature allows a technique for catching suspected kidnappers and pedophiles. It also fuels fear of a ‘privacy nightmare’ as abortion is criminalized in many places.
Just a Little Old: Straight talk for my species
A few years ago, I was walking down the aisle in Hannaford and a young African American woman came rushing up to me and said, “David, you need to talk to your species!” So, I asked this woman, who we’d come to know through the Bowdoin host family program, “Why, Kama?” And she said, “Because […]
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge picked up last month in sign of still-elevated prices
It’s the latest sign that the slowdown in consumer price increases is occurring unevenly from month to month.
Lohrei scores winner, Geekie nets hat trick as Bruins end 3-game slide with 5-4 win over Vegas
Boston wins for just the second time in regulation in February.
Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions
A new study says U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change.
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