Retailers that spent years trying to get customers to linger are reimagining their stores for a grab-and-go future to make shopping faster, easier and safer amid long-term shifts in consumer expectations and habits.
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Family of 49ers running back concerned over NFL’s return to practice
Raheem Mostert and his wife, Devon – expecting the couple’s second child this fall – are both worried, but the fifth-year running back will be ready to report when camp opens.
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Analysis: NBA seems on cusp of comeback plan
There are still so many questions to answer, but the league is moving toward some sort of resumption to the season.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
State reports new outbreak of 57 cases at long-term care facility in Cape Elizabeth
The outbreak at Cape Memory Care is the largest reported at one time in Maine, and more test results are still pending.
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IOC chief: Tokyo Olympics will be canceled if they can’t be held in 2021
Pushing the Tokyo Games past 2021 is not an option, according to Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Lori Loughlin, husband will both serve prison time for college scam
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case.
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More than 138,000 Mainers have filed for unemployment since March
More than 11,500 Maine workers filed new jobless claims last week, even as the state begins reopening parts of its economy.
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Coronavirus-triggered layoffs in U.S. hit nearly 39 million
More than 2.4 million people file for unemployment compensation in the latest wave of job losses that have brought the economy to its knees.
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The Latest: Republicans weigh unemployment aid cuts to urge Americans back to work
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON — President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled Thursday at the White House as Republicans staked out new plans to phase out coronavirus-related unemployment benefits to encourage Americans to go back to work. Revamping jobless aid is fast becoming the focus of debate over the next […]
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Our View: Census needs more time to complete count
In the meantime, more Mainers should fill out their forms, to reduce pressure on census workers in a challenging year.