The order authorized the immediate expulsion of children who crossed the southern border during the pandemic.
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Pandemic puts Maine Wildlife Park in tough spot
Revenue shortfalls from a shortened season and remaining uncertainties of the pandemic make it difficult to plan for the park’s future.
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COVID-19 closes NG town facilities to ire of some residents
Town employees were potentially exposed to COVID-19, leading to the temporary closure of the transfer station and Public Works building. Not all residents were understanding, says Town Manager Brenda Fox-Howard.
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Year-end financial cliffs are looming for millions of Americans
The biggest blow will likely come from the end of two federal unemployment-insurance programs, with roughly 12 million people facing a late-December cutoff.
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More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus
The vast – and rapidly growing – pool of coronavirus-infected people poses a daunting challenge to governors and mayors in hard-hit communities who are trying to arrest the surge in cases.
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Outbreak sends 800 Saint Joseph’s students home
The phased COVID-19 testing began Monday and will finish Friday as all residential students move out; the Standish campus will be closed until the new year.
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The Latest: Coronavirus death toll surges past 250,000 in U.S.
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Mills not considering another stay-at-home order despite rising virus cases, hospitalizations
The governor said one reason behind her thinking is that there isn’t any federal financial help now, as there was in the spring.
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Leonard Pitts: When it comes to COVID, truth will get the final word
Even some dying patients deny that the virus exists, a South Dakota ER nurse says.
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Our View: With COVID cases surging, Congress and Trump are failing the American people
Congress must act now on a relief package to avoid the worst the coming winter has to offer.