Non-essential storefronts are closed, but merchants are continuing to serve customers.
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Districts extend closures through end of school year
Westbrook, Gorham and Bonny Eagle districts, acting on a recommendation from the state, will continue with distance learning for the rest of the school year.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Labor secretary faces criticism for limiting worker assistance amid unemployment crisis
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has used his department’s authority over new laws to limit who qualifies for joblessness assistance and make it easier for small businesses not to pay family leave benefits.
Posted inOlympics, Sports
Russia wants to leave its Olympic doping ban in past amid virus pandemic
Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin says sanctioning Russia for doping violations would damage the Olympic movement.
Posted inAuto Racing, Sports
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson mulls postponing retirement
Jimmie Johnson is unsure if the season – currently on hold because of the coronavirus – will happen. ‘It’s up in the air just as much as the world is up in the air right now.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine hospitals, clinics to receive nearly $146 million in federal aid
The funding is part of a $30 billion aid package for health care providers across the country as part of the federal CARES Act.
Posted inSports
Football player flew home to U.S. with virus, possibly infecting others on trip
Dylan Reda was a player-coach in the Czech Republic before falling ill with what he thought was the flu. He then flew home to the United States. “I can understand the backlash,’ he said.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Comic relief? ‘Saturday Night Live’ returns with remote episode
The episode will include the popular ‘Weekend Update’ segment as well as other original content from ‘SNL’ cast members, but won’t have a host.
Posted inNation & World
World virus deaths exceed 100,000; New York region hit hard
As of Friday, the three-state metropolitan area accounted for more than half the nation’s roughly 18,000 deaths, with other hot spots in places such as Detroit, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.
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Maine astronauts reflect on global crisis from space station
Caribou native Jessica Meir and York native Chris Cassidy join a news conference from the orbiting research station.