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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Indian-Americans from Boston send USD 600,000 worth medical supplies to COVID-hit India

9:20 pm May 7, 2021

Washington: A group of Indian-Americans from the US city of Boston have pooled in USD 600,000 to send medical supplies to India, which is experiencing a deadly wave of the coronavirus. A plane carrying the medical supplies, which includes 3,400 oxygen concentrators, will leave for India on Saturday (May 8) and reach Mumbai by Monday (May 10), reported local […]

Biden to visit Mich. vaccine plant as winter throws a curve

8:30 pm February 19, 2021

Washington: Extreme winter weather is dealing the first major setback to the Biden administration’s planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines just as the national vaccination campaign was hitting its stride. The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House scrambling to work with states to make up “lost ground” even as President Joe Biden was set to […]

Sprawling winter storm hits more of Northeast US, dumping snow

8:18 pm February 2, 2021

Boston: Parts of northern New England were waiting their turn to be pummeled by a heavy winter storm Tuesday, while residents of the New York City region were digging out from under piles of snow that shut down public transport, cancelled flights and closed coronavirus vaccination sites. The National Weather Service said a foot (31 centimeters) or more could […]

Lobster prices falling, and they could fall further

11:26 pm June 27, 2020

Portland: Lobster prices are falling in New England as the industry deals with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and they could drop even more later this summer, industry officials said. The American lobster fishing industry, based mostly in Maine, has had to cope with a supply chain that has been disrupted by the pandemic. Wholesale prices were […]

Weekend gun violence in Chicago leaves 10 dead, 43 injured

Winter storm brings heavy snow, ice to Midwest, Northeast

9:09 pm January 18, 2020

Chicago: A winter storm that has already caused trouble at airports in Chicago and Kansas City was expected to bring blizzard conditions to the Plains and Midwest on Saturday and could dump up to a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast on Sunday. National Weather Service forecasters issued winter weather advisories affecting much […]