Demand for oil has fallen so much due to the coronavirus pandemic that facilities for storing crude are nearly full.
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JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
The Worthington plant employs more than 2,000 people and normally slaughters 20,000 hogs per day.
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Banks, lenders’ seizures of stimulus checks being reviewed by Treasury
Reports quickly surfaced that some stimulus payments were being redirected to banks and private debt collectors from people who have overdraft fees, delinquent loans, or other debt obligations.
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Hundreds line Capitol complex in Augusta to protest coronavirus restrictions
The protest, organized anonymously by groups calling themselves Mainers Against Excessive Quarantine and ReOpen Maine, drew an estimated 300 people and came amid similar gatherings across the country.
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Portland disaster-preparedness firm partners up for COVID-19 medical shelters
Readiness Associates has joined with a California events supplier to offer ‘quick-build’ shelters for health care facilities.
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Wuhan soccer team, stuck abroad for four months, finally returns home
The team from the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic left on Jan. 2 for a preseason tour and was unable to return home
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Japan scientist ‘very pessimistic’ Olympics will happen in 2021
A professor of infectious disease does not think the Games will be held next summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Djokovic wouldn’t want to be ‘forced by someone to take a vaccine’ for COVID-19
Novak Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam winner, said he is ‘opposed to vaccination,’ and knows he will have a decision to make if it becomes mandatory to travel.
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Maine CDC reports another coronavirus death, single-digit increase in cases
In a call between the White House and governors, Gov. Mills’ spokeswoman said the administration was inaccurate about the capacity of many states to conduct virus testing – including Maine’s.
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White House faces heat after hotel, restaurant chains helped drain small business program
Some are calling for additional oversight and rule changes to prevent bigger chains from accepting any more money.