Nearly 80,000 Mainers filed continuing federal and state unemployment benefits last week, more than twice the number during the worst week of the Great Recession.
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Another 1.2 million unemployment claims filed as federal jobless aid ends
For 20 straight weeks, jobless claims have remained over 1 million.
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The Latest: Africa passes 1 million confirmed virus cases; true number far more
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people. While experts say infection tolls in richer nations […]
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Amid pandemic, Portland High seniors celebrate school’s first drive-in graduation. See the photos.
It has been a turbulent year for the 181 seniors, who graduated Wednesday night while sitting in vehicles parked in a lot on Portland’s waterfront.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Augusta Board of Education approves a still developing back-to-school plan
The proposed hybrid plan will split students into two groups in order to reduce the number of students in school buildings at one time and to allow for enough room to comply with social distancing requirements.
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Bates College warns students to give up on partying this year
“Social life as you have experienced it on campus in the past is no longer possible..,” Josh McIntosh, vice president for campus life and dean of students wrote.
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Two more BIW workers test positive for coronavirus
The BIW employee and contractor were last at work on Aug. 3 and Aug. 1, respectively, and have since been quarantined.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Rhode Island imposes new measures on travelers, bars and large parties
The governor says the state’s new traveler certification is similar to Maine’s.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
No hoopla: Virus upends Trump, Biden convention plans
The president is considering giving his acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House, while the former vice president has scrapped plans to accept the Democratic nomination in Milwaukee.
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‘We are no less American’: Virus deaths pile up on Texas border
The U.S. failure to contain the pandemic has been laid bare in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas