World
What You Need To Know About Biden's Meeting With Putin
Updated June 16, 2021 at 8:18 AM ET President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Geneva. Here's what you need to know: The closed-door meeting is expected to last four to five hours. Putin arrived first, with Biden's motorcade pulling in to the villa where they are meeting a few minutes later. Putin will give his own press conference. Then Biden will give his. We'll stream Biden's press conference live here when it starts. "It's always better to meet face to face,"...
RELIGION
Six Months After Arrival, Springfield Bishop Hopes Abuse Transparency ‘Encourages’ Other Dioceses
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting this week on a range of issues . Among the newer faces at the virtual conference will be William Byrne of the Springfield Diocese.
Regional News
Connecticut Senate Passes Cannabis Bill, Governor Vows Veto Over Changes
Questions of profit, preference and equity brought Senate debate of cannabis legalization bill to a dramatic halt Tuesday, with the office of Gov. Ned Lamont vowing a veto over new language broadening the eligibility of applicants for licenses to produce or sell marijuana.
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Education
After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them
Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did , until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or stopped when schools physically shut down in spring 2020. Modified instruction, behavioral counseling and speech and physical therapy disappeared or were feebly reproduced online, for three, six, nine months. In some places, they have yet to fully resume. For many children with disabilities, families say this disruption...
Shipping
How 'Chaos' In The Shipping Industry Is Choking The Economy
Whidbey Island is a lovely place about 30 miles north of Seattle on the Puget Sound. Most days the tranquil sounds of rolling waves and chirping birds provide an escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. But these days, all is not so serene. Residents are complaining about the ruckus created by humongous container ships anchored off their shore. "We've never seen them this close before," a Whidbey Islander told a local news station . "We're hearing the throbbing noise at night. ... It's...
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A Lobster Diver In Cape Cod Says A Humpback Whale Scooped Him Up And Spat Him Out
A commercial lobster diver says he escaped relatively unscathed after nearly being swallowed by a humpback whale, in a biblical-sounding encounter that whale experts describe as rare but plausible. Michael Packard, 56, said in local interviews and on social media that he was diving off the coast of Provincetown, Mass., on Friday morning when the whale suddenly scooped him up. "I was in his closed mouth for about 30 to 40 seconds before he rose to the surface and spit me out," Packard later...
