The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County, which recently appeared headed for another lockdown amid escalating coronavirus cases, now is seeing fewer hospitalizations and a lower transmission rate that health officials said Wednesday are evidence people are heeding the call to change their […]
2020
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Despite fewer virus cases, Hawaii hesitant to open schools
While Hawaii has one of the lowest infection rates in the nation and many schools have open-air campuses, the challenges of returning kids to classrooms may still be insurmountable.
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Posted inNation & World
Federal officials, Oregon in talks about pulling agents in Portland
A senior White House official says the Trump administration has indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents in Portland if the state steps up its own enforcement.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Republican-funded PAC spends $1 million on ads attacking Collins for not opposing Trump
The Lincoln Project, a national super PAC, was established by a group of Republicans who oppose President Trump and are working to unseat Republican senators they view as his supporters.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: Stories from a lifetime outdoors
The columnist has his dad to thank for his lifelong love of hunting and fishing.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Senate bill would only prolong pain caused by virus
It is more clear than ever that putting economic activity ahead of public health gets us nowhere.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Sebago reopening, and a tote from a grieving daughter
Sebago Brewing Co. will reopen all of its brewpubs Thursday afternoon.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: July 29
July 29, 1931: The monoplane Sirius lands on the island of North Haven. Charles Lindbergh, famous after having flown across the Atlantic four years earlier, steps out with his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. They visit Anne Lindbergh’s parents – New Jersey’s U.S. Sen Dwight Morrow and poet and future Smith College administrator Anne Cutler Morrow […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Central to creation of DHS, Collins is silent as agency abuses power
The unconstitutional tactics used in Portland, Ore., and elsewhere are the result of the post-9/11 militarization of the government.