The president says he’s not giving up his fight to overturn the election results, even as agencies across the federal government begin to support President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Restaurant workers out of work again as virus surges anew
Waiters and bartenders are losing their jobs – again – as governors and local officials shut down indoor dining and drinking establishments to combat the nationwide surge in coronavirus infections.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Fox News viewership slips post-election, prodded by Trump
With the president encouraging his followers to abandon Fox, the network’s viewership fell 32% from the two weeks before Election Day to the two weeks after it.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture
Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week
The former president’s ‘A Promised Land’ sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America, roughly equal to the combined first-week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors.
Posted inNation & World, News
Punishing hurricanes to spur more Central American migration
More than 4.3 million Central Americans, including 3 million Hondurans, were estimated to be affected by Hurricane Eta alone.
Posted inNation & World
With Ethiopia on brink of escalation, diplomacy is in doubt
Hundreds if not thousands of people have been killed, some 40,000 people have fled into Sudan and the U.N. says 2 million people in the sealed-off Tigray region urgently need help.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Alabama tops first College Football Playoff rankings
Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State join the Crimson Tide in the top four of the first rankings of the season.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine confirms three prison inmates were hospitalized with COVID-19
It’s not clear if those inmates were infected during an ongoing outbreak at the prison in Windham, the state’s largest single-site outbreak during the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Bull Moose closing store in downtown Portland
The company cites a lack of foot traffic and an expiring lease as reasons for the closure, which won’t affect its other stores.
Posted inVarsity Maine, Volleyball
Volleyball wrap-up: It was a different kind of game, but area teams made most of fall season
Coaches happy to have some sort of season, while holding out hope for possible “tweener” season in late winter.