Starting Saturday, games will be played in empty stadiums. The league could get a big boost in TV viewership from American fans starved for live sports.
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Source: Players ask MLB owners for extensive financial documents
Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident games will be played this summer, but players are resisting a 50-50 revenue split and want a peek at the finances of the owners.
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Maine CDC reports 38 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
Education Commissioner Pender Makin describes a new state initiative to ensure access to distance learning technology for all Maine students.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don’t likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.
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Places without social distancing have 35 times more potential virus spread, study finds
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, looked at the policies mandating social distancing, and found that the longer a measure was in effect, the slower the daily growth rate of COVID-19.
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States, companies write their own rules for temperature screening in a pandemic
Without a national screening strategy, informal disease-surveillance systems have sprung up with different detection levels, potentially creating confusion about what is a safe temperature.
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Virus cases at Cianbro job site raise concerns about construction workers’ safety
Two Mainers and an unknown number of out-of-state contractors working on a Maine Veterans’ Homes facility in Augusta have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Maine CDC said.
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The Latest: All but 9 states fall short of recommended testing levels
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic. WASHINGTON — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still were falling short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. […]
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Our View: Numbers show COVID-19 is still circulating in Maine
Mainers must continue to follow guidelines to keep the coronavirus at bay.
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UMF holds virtual commencement
University of Maine at Farmington’s 2020 graduates enjoyed a two-day virtual commencement ceremony.