Boston now has a total of four players with positive COVID-19 tests after Josh Taylor and Darwinzon Hernandez tested positive last week.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump increasingly turning to executive orders, more to come
The president is trying to position himself as a man of action on everything from foreign policy to racial justice in an election year.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Pittston voters approve budget in shortened Town Meeting
On a motion from a resident, Pittston voters agreed to group the bulk of the warrant articles into one motion and dispense with debate on the town’s proposed budget.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
NFL notebook: Burkhead agrees to pay cut, new deal giving Patriots $1 million in cap space
Rex Burkhead, who led all Patriots running backs with a 4.6-yards-per-carry average last season, takes a pay cut as the team gets some much-needed cap space.
Posted inSports
Ravens QB cancels weekend event in South Florida as virus cases surge
Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, a South Florida native, cancels his annual ‘Funday with LJ’ as local officials consider another round of shutdowns.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: European soccer clubs face $4.5B income drop over next year
The European Club Association estimates that clubs in 55 countries face a collective shortfall of $1.8 billion this season and $2.7 billion in the 2020-21
Posted inBusiness, Maine
BIW to temporarily lay off workers during strike
The Bath shipyard is looking to lay off Local S7 surveyors and trades inspectors due to lack of work brought on by another union’s strike.
Posted inSports
Off-field behavior will be the deciding factor in success for MLB restart
No bars and no crowds are a start, and as Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw puts it: “If you want to see the season through … you can’t be stupid.”
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden promises to up U.S. production of key medical equipment
It marked the Biden campaign’s most comprehensive statements yet on how it would better equip the nation to fight the coronavirus and future pandemics.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Knapp retiring after 23 years as CMCC president
Scott Knapp has led Central Maine Community College in Auburn since 1997, the longest-serving college president in Maine.