Since a July order from Gov. Janet Mills did not include Winthrop, town officials used the community’s emergency order last week to enact mask-wearing requirements.
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MLB notebook: Price opted out of season because players’ health ‘wasn’t being put first’
With more than a dozen Marlins testing positive for coronavirus, David Price – formerly with the Red Sox and now with the Dodgers – calls out Major League Baseball.
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NFL notebook: Smith expected to start Washington’s training camp on PUP list
Quarterback Alex Smith, 36, was recently cleared by the doctors who oversaw his recovery from his serious leg injury in 2018.
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As virus rages, experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test
Volunteers rolled up their sleeves Monday to take part in the biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine
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NHL notebook: Pastrnak travels with Bruins, expected to practice Monday
David Pastrnak – who tied for the league lead in goals – missed all but one practice over the last two weeks as he dealt with quarantine protocols.
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Three MLB games postponed amid Marlins’ outbreak
Miami’s home games Monday and Tuesday are postponed and their previous opponent, Philadelphia, did not play Monday either.
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NBA notebook: Porzingis forced to sit out scrimmage after missing virus test
A lapse by Dallas center Kristaps Porzingis kept in out of Sunday’s scrimmage and showed that all the NBA safety rules come down to individual vigilance.
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As Maine coronavirus cases stay low, Republicans push to allow more visitors
The daily average of cases is up slightly in the last 10 days compared to the previous 10 days, but Maine has so far avoided the kind of steep increases seen in other states.
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The Latest: Georgia governor backs out of hearing on his challenge to Atlanta’s mask order
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor said he’s withdrawing a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. […]
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Grand juries return to courthouses across Maine
The coronavirus put on hiatus the confidential arm of the judicial system that hands up indictments, stalling hundreds of cases across the state.