The U.S. is moving closer to overtaking Italy for the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest brace for a potential surge in victims.
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Two more Mainers die of coronavirus, including 1 at Scarborough veterans home
The Maine CDC says 30 more people statewide have been infected with COVID-19, among them six staff members and three residents of the Scarborough facility.
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Ex-Titan now on front lines of fighting the pandemic
Myron Rolle, who is now a third-year neurosurgery resident at Mass. General and Harvard Medical School, has seen the neurosurgery floor of his hospital transition to a COVID-19-only floor.
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Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside
The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom-and-pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.
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Scouting for turkey going on in Maine amid social distancing
Maine hunters are scouting in advance of the spring turkey hunt as the state observes shelter-at-home rules.
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Scarborough-based Abbott Labs provides rapid Covid-19 test kits
The kits are now in use at Martin’s Point Health Care centers in Portland and Brunswick.
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Tens of thousands of Maine households still without power
Central Maine Power, the state’s leading utility, says the vast majority of customers will have service by Sunday night.
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Downeaster to suspend service temporarily starting Monday
The rail service, which had already been curtailed because of the coronavirus, will halt service until April 30.
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The Latest: IRS deposits first economic support payments
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus briefly overtook Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
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Mainers have questions. Statewide help line aims to give them answers.
Maine’s toll-free 211 referral line has had its call volume surge amid the coronavirus crisis.