England’s top soccer league, which last had a game on March 9, will need strict medical protocols in place and government approval to resume play – without spectators.
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Dozens of Maine nonprofits to get help serving vulnerable
The John T. Gorman Foundation is providing $700,000 to 43 nonprofit groups.
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Scherzer: MLB players have ‘no reason to engage with MLB’ over pay cuts
The social media post by pitcher Max Scherzer – a member of the union’s executive board – could be a signal that the union will reject MLB’s proposed salary cuts.
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State warns owners to renew lapsed vehicle registrations
Most Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices will reopen for limited in-person business Monday, and the state said motorists must register vehicles by July 11 unless their town or city offices remain closed.
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Seven state public health and emergency workers report COVID-19 symptoms
The employees work at the Maine Emergency Management Agency offices where daily media briefings are held, but the Maine CDC said Gov. Janet Mills and other top state officials have not had close contact with the affected workers.
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Top spellers prepare to crown national champion – from home
With the Scripps National Spelling Bee canceled, many top spellers who would have been on the bee stage this week are instead competing online.
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Special delivery: It was an ice cream day in Biddeford
Teachers, principals, others hand out cool treats to students on a hot, hot, day.
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White House won’t release economic projections that would forecast extent of downturn
The White House is supposed to unveil a federal budget proposal every February and then typically provides a “mid-session review” in July or August with updated projections on economic trends.
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Fraud contributed to record 37,000 jobless claims, Maine officials say
Having 24,500 Mainers file claims – the other 12,500 are duplicates – is a ‘sharp and suspicious’ increase from recent trends, the state Labor Department said.
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Researchers ponder why U.S. and Europe are harder hit than Asia
It might lie in an initial reluctance to react to an epidemic that seemed distant and unthreatening.