By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 03, 2021 06:07 pm The spread of the delta coronavirus variant has pushed the threshold for herd immunity to well over 80 percent and potentially approaching 90 percent, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Tuesday. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 03, 2021 05:47 pm NY Assembly leader says Cuomo can "no longer remain in office," says legislature will expedite impeachment investigation. Read more... »
By David Marino Jr. on Aug 03, 2021 05:45 pm More than a dozen COVID-19 cases are potentially tied to a weeklong Bible school for children at a church in Mattawamkeag, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more... »
By Michael Shepherd on Aug 03, 2021 05:40 pm Another race between Poliquin and Golden, a two-term Democrat, would give Republicans the same top-ticket hopefuls that they had in 2014 with former Gov. Paul LePage running to return to the Blaine House against Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, in 2022. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 03, 2021 05:14 pm The Biden administration will announce a new 60-day eviction moratorium that would protect areas where 90 percent of the U.S. population lives, according to three people familiar with the plans who insisted on anonymity to discuss the forthcoming announcement. Read more... »
By Judy Harrison on Aug 03, 2021 05:14 pm John Hiatt had at least two computers that were seized as evidence by police in the initial investigation. One was a laptop owned by Penobscot County to be used for county business. Read more... »
By Jessica Piper on Aug 03, 2021 05:08 pm Masks are now recommended in Penobscot and Lincoln counties in addition to Somerset, Waldo and York counties, all of which previously were subject to the recommendation at some point in the past week. Read more... »
By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 03, 2021 04:19 pm Demands for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign or be promptly removed from office poured in Tuesday after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her investigators have corroborated allegations that the governor sexually harassed several women. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 03, 2021 04:01 pm The former superintendent of Hull, Massachusetts, public schools alleges in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against because he is gay and his firing has made it impossible for him to land a new job in education. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 03, 2021 03:43 pm MaineHealth, the state's largest health care provider, is going to make COVID-19 vaccinations a requirement for employment, mandating that 23,000 workers get vaccinated this fall, officials announced Tuesday. Read more... »
