It is not immediately clear when or if law enforcement officers will be sent in to remove the demonstrators.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations fall below 300 for first time since before Thanksgiving
The average number of positive test results received by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention each day has been nearly cut in half just in the past week.
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COVID-19 cases drop in Maine schools for first time since holiday break
The pandemic continues to take lives and strain hospitals even as more signs show the omicron wave is subsiding in Maine and around the country.
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Our View: Gov. Mills’ State of the State comes at a confusing time in pandemic
Many are ready to give up on COVID restrictions even as infections rage. How will the governor handle the months ahead?
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Mask mandates continue to fall as Fauci says U.S. may be approaching ‘normality’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some independent experts remain more wary.
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COVID protest blockade in Canada shuts down Ford plant
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, stood firm against an easing of Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions.
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Second man pleads guilty in alleged 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor
The FBI had infiltrated the group of 6 men and broke up the plan with a series of arrests in October 2020, just as the presidential election campaign neared a close.
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New York to lift mask mandate for businesses as omicron ebbs
Cases in the state have been falling rapidly, from more than 90,000 in early January to 4,281 reported Tuesday.
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Can you get long COVID after an infection with omicron?
Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID.
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Trudeau defends COVID-19 restrictions while truck blockades continue
A blockade by people mostly in pickup trucks entered its 3rd day at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, which carries 25% of trade between Canada and the U.S.