Carl Natale

Sun Journal

Web editor for SunJournal.com

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Published
October 16, 2020

Does the flu vaccine affect my chances of getting COVID-19?

Flu vaccines protect against seasonal influenza, not the coronavirus — but avoiding the flu is especially important this year
Published
October 16, 2020

Schools & Education: How local schools are teaching our students

Education news from local school committees and Maine schools
Published
October 16, 2020

Complete news coverage of Election Day

Complete coverage of how to vote in Maine and who is on the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and legislative ballots.
Published
October 13, 2020

How long can I expect a COVID-19 illness to last?

Most coronavirus patients have mild to moderate illness and recover quickly
Published
October 12, 2020

‘I got stories.’ A life of troubles, and a story of love

Tasha Lamm’s problems could seem overwhelming: poverty, unemployment, an abusive mother, a boyfriend who died of a heroin overdose
Published
October 11, 2020

Maine deserves a serious debate on climate change in the U.S. Senate race

With much of America’s West Coast burning and Southeast Coast flooding, it’s amazing that the subject of climate change has barely been mentioned in the Susan Collins-Sarah Gideon Senatorial slugfest. Instead, Mainers have been treated to a nightly barrage of dueling television ads in which Collins and Gideon have attacked one another for every real […]
Published
October 11, 2020

The racist roots of the dog whistle

Here’s how we came to label the coded language
Published
October 11, 2020

Donald Trump built a career on magic words. The spell is breaking now.

President Donald Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television. This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone. It’s the only area of his professional life where he’s demonstrated any actual success. On “The Apprentice,” Trump was not a failed Queens casino operator with a string […]
Published
October 9, 2020

Interactive Map: Track Hurricane Delta as it approaches U.S. Gulf Coast

Hurricane Delta, gaining strength as it bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is the latest and nastiest in a recent flurry of rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricanes.
Published
October 8, 2020

Pelosi ‘at the table’ even after Trump scrapped virus talks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s “at the table” and ready to negotiate a coronavirus aid package even after President Donald Trump halted talks abruptly

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