Washington GM Mike Rizzo says, “Without accurate and timely testing, it is simply not safe for us to continue with summer camp. … summer camp and the 2020 season are at risk.”
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No more delays: What to know about the July 15 tax deadline
Tax procrastinators, your time is running out.
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Who got virus aid? WV governor’s family business, payday lenders, private equity firms, among others
The Treasury on Monday identified thousands of businesses that received funding through the Paycheck Protection Program, created to preserve jobs at smaller businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bipartisan group of former government officials demands science-based approach to pandemic
Officials from the Trump, Obama and George W. Bush administrations all signed the statement.
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Sports Digest: Japanese soccer and baseball to start allowing fans at games
The maximum number will be 5,000 fans or 50% of the stadium capacity – whichever is smaller – and moving toward 50% capacity beginning on Aug. 1.
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Harvard invites freshmen to campus, but classes stay online
Harvard University’s freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required to learn remotely from home.
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Treasury, SBA release data on nearly 700,000 small business loans
The disclosure includes the names of 660,000 small businesses and nonprofit organizations that received at least $150,000 in funding.
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Eight new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths reported in Maine
The relatively small increase in cases comes after 3 weeks of much higher numbers of new infections, and a holiday weekend in which 4 older Mainers died of COVID-19 in Cumberland County.
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The Latest: New York hospitals released 6,300 virus patients to nursing homes
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. NEW YORK — New York hospitals released more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes during the height of the pandemic under a controversial, now-scrapped policy, state officials said Monday, but they argued it was not to blame for one of […]
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Maine hotels step up safety measures to prove quarantines aren’t needed
Some are going to extreme lengths to keep air purified, guests spread apart and high-touch items disinfected.