Tiz the Law is a 6-5 favorite in this ‘backwards Triple Crown,’ where Belmont comes first after the coronavirus pandemic upended the Triple Crown schedule.
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If MLB owners and players can reach a deal, it will be a wild and random season
Michael Cunningham: With only 60 or 70 games, Major League players and teams will roll the dice and hope they come out on the right side of the randomness.
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Maine reports 35 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
The new cases come as the state moves closer to a wider reopening of its economy on July 1.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm
Many health experts in other countries wonder why U.S. states continue to reopen and why the advice of scientists is often ignored.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine jobless rate falls to 9.3%, but data obscure magnitude of job losses
If not for tens of thousands of workers who were misclassified or not counted as unemployed in May, the official rate would be 18 percent.
Posted inNation & World, News
Mexico halts sending more migrant farmworkers to Canada as many there fall sick
The pandemic has highlighted Canada’s dependence on the 60,000 temporary foreign workers who arrive each year from countries such as Mexico.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Trump rally attendees not required to wear masks, court rules
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the U.S. and the world. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected an effort to require everyone attending President Trump’s rally in Tulsa this weekend to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing inside the arena to guard against spreading the coronavirus. The court ruled […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Arena seeks safety details from Trump campaign
A number of Tulsa residents and business owners, alarmed by the prospect of a large-scale outbreak of coronavirus if the rally proceeds, have sued the venue manager.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: COVID-19 a real danger, not partisan talking point
COVID-19 is a bad dream, and we’ll soon wake up. That is the false claim of President Trump and many of his top supporters who say that we are already emerging from that dream and should get on with life as it was before our coronavirus nightmare. Vice President Pence has been trying to sell […]
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Sen. Timberlake: Gideon focusing on U.S. Senate campaign at expense of Maine people’s needs
The Maine House speaker wants the federal government to step up COVID recovery efforts when she hasn’t lifted a finger here.