Education
For Some Rural Students, Taking More AP Courses Means More Online Learning
Skyleigh D’Ambrosia, 17, loves learning about science. She’s taken pretty much every science class available at her high school in the western Massachusetts town of Athol. I want to be a doctor when I’m older, she said. So those are just kind of important classes. D’Ambrosia wanted to take Advanced Placement (AP) chemistry and AP biology in the fall. At first it didn’t seem like her plan to take these college level courses was going to pan out because her school doesn’t always have the...
Disease
Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts
Updated June 22, 2021 at 4:25 PM ET The dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it's likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the nation within weeks, according to federal health officials and a new analysis . At a White House briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health said 20.6% of new cases in the U.S. are due to the Delta variant. And other scientists tracking the variant say it is...
Regional News
Tobacco Giant Philip Morris International To Relocate To Connecticut
Philip Morris International -- one of the largest tobacco companies in the world -- is moving its U.S. headquarters to Connecticut from New York. The business says it will site its head office at a yet-to-be-chosen location in Fairfield County, bringing 200 jobs to the state. The relocation is slated to be complete by summer of 2022.
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The Pandemic May Have Presented An Opportunity For Churches
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected the institutional church, which overnight watched its communities exiled from their buildings.
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As Sea Levels Rise in Boston, Stormwater May Have Nowhere To Go
Even the experts agree: no one wants to think about the sewer system. “Most people, all they care about is you flush the toilet, it goes away. You do the sink, it goes away. The water comes out, the water turns off. It rains, the water goes away. As long as its gone, nobody thinks about the pipes and the maintenance and all that stuff,” said Charlie Jewell, director of planning at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. But Jewell thinks about this stuff. A lot. So does everyone at the Boston...
