But under the new changes, five religious sisters will join five priests as voting representatives for religious orders.
Karen Beaudoin
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to key abortion medication
Justice Alito granted the government’s request for a stay and asked for additional briefing by next Tuesday.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Massachusetts guardsman accused of leak appears in court as U.S. spells out case against him
Friday’s new details about the highest-profile intelligence leak shed light on how investigators came to zero in on Jack Teixeira, even though a motive for the disclosures remains publicly unexplained.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World, New England
Landmark law saved whales through marine industries’ changes
The drive to protect vanishing whales has brought profound impacts to marine industries and those changes are accelerating as the Endangered Species Act approaches its 50th anniversary.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war
China has maintained that it is neutral in the conflict, while backing Russia politically, rhetorically and economically.
Posted inFood, Guides
Here are the pizza spots that made our Best 75 places to eat and drink list
Anytime’s a good time for pizza. Whether you’re looking for thin crust, Neapolitan, wood-grilled, artisanal toppings or just straight up classic pepperoni, you can find pies you’ve always wanted to try or ones you never even dreamed of in Greater Portland.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts guardsman arrested in leak of classified military documents
A top Pentagon spokesman told reporters earlier this week that the disclosures present a ‘very serious risk to national security.’
Posted inBusiness
U.S. jobless claims increase to 239,000, led by jump in California
California – the epicenter for many tech layoffs in recent months – accounted for more than a third of the increase.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access
The administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Posted inNation & World
First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI
The image released in 2019 gave a peek at the enormous black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.