Container volume at U.S. ports lagged a year ago during the height of the pandemic as manufacturing slowed, though the demand for goods remained fairly strong.
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Dozens testify on both sides of bill to create consumer-owned utility in Maine
Under the controversial proposal, regulators would direct a buyout of Central Maine Power and Versant Power’s infrastructure to create a nonprofit utility serving roughly 800,000 customers.
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Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
An abrupt relaxation of rules has left retailers, grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals and other employers scrambling to decide whether and how to adjust their own policies.
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U.S. jobless claims fall to new pandemic low as some states end federal aid
With the economy rebounding, 22 states, from Texas and Georgia to Ohio and Iowa, plan to begin blocking a $300-a-week federal payment for the unemployed starting in June.
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YouTube removes channel of major seller of vaccine disinformation
Ty and Charlene Bollinger’s Truth About Vaccines channel had about 75,000 subscribers but some of its videos had a much broader reach, including one featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that had over 1.5 million views.
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Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4 million to hackers
CEO Joseph Blount says he authorized the payment because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage and wasn’t sure how long it would take to bring the pipeline’s systems back.
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How to ease out of mortgage forbearance, avoid foreclosure
About 3 million people are behind on their mortgages, the most at any time since the Great Recession, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen
The government is lifting restrictions incrementally to stave off a resurgence of COVID-19 and to give citizens back some of their world-famous lifestyle.
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Colby College’s Museum of Art reopening to public next month
The reopening coincides with final weekend of the ‘Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960’ exhibition.
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The Wrap: Emilitsa – eventually; Bethel to lose a favorite cafe
Taco Trio to move, and a new pastry program will aid immigrant women.