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The Latest: Justice Department seeks data on care home deaths in 4 Democrat-led states
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. NEW YORK — The Justice Department on Wednesday sent letters to the governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states, seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals — […]
United Way supplies students for a modified school year
Packs for Progress has provided families in the greater Franklin Community with school supplies since 2009.
Feds say Maine will receive money to fund added jobless benefits
The funding, being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Association, will allow Maine to provide $300 per week on top of a worker’s unemployment benefit, FEMA said Tuesday.
Federal government to require COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff
More than 5,500 test kits have already been shipped to care homes around the country.
Big Moose Inn guest says he was never called after wedding outbreak
A New Hampshire man who stayed at the Millinocket inn on Aug. 6-7 said the owners ‘played fast and loose with a lot of people’s safety.’
Lewiston struggling with school-bus driver shortage
The district also is waiting for computers for students to get remote instruction.
USM students return to campus, start school year with a test
Students arriving at Maine’s second-largest public university Tuesday faced mandatory coronavirus testing and a 3-day quarantine.
Tom Maines retires from basketball because of health considerations
The Hall of Fame coach was in his second stint as Morse high’s boys’ basketball coach, but retired after undergoing cancer treatment and having a lung removed.
Saban says this season is about the players, not money, ‘if we can do it in a safe way’
Alabama Coach Nick Saban stresses the importance of football as his school confirms more than 500 coronavirus cases since classes resumed on campus Aug. 19.