For the first time in a few years, I celebrated the Jewish New Year with my immediate family. It was very, very different from the last time we spent Rosh Hashanah together.
2020
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Ad accusing Gideon of accepting fundraising ‘bribe’ leaves out context
The television ad released Wednesday by the National Republican Senatorial Committee also attacks the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for her criticism of the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Judge grants harassment order to Waterville school in 10-year dispute with ousted student’s father
The Waterville District Court order against Tim White of Sanford prohibits him from harassing Temple Academy and from being on a large swath of road off Kennedy Memorial Drive, while ordering him to reimburse the school for $6,065 in legal fees.
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Infection rates soar in college towns as students return
Officials are monitoring to see if infections stay on campus or escape to the wider community.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Russia seeks to stop Biden from winning election, FBI chief says
Moscow views him as part of an anti-Russian American establishment, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.
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Spread of COVID-19 in York County hits Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, with 18 cases reported
Workers who ride in a commuter van from the Sanford area to the shipyard in Kittery may have sparked the outbreak, state health officials say.
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Moderna releases COVID-19 vaccine trial plan as enrollment tops 25,000
Moderna’s CEO said it decided to release its full trial plan to create public confidence that it is doing everything it can to ensure a vaccine is safe and effective.
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The Latest: WHO’s director in Europe urges nations to keep up quarantines
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s European director warned national governments Thursday against reducing the quarantine period for people potentially exposed to the coronavirus, even as he acknowledged that COVID-19 “fatigue” was setting in with growing public resistance to the measures needed to […]
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Interactive Tracker: Wildfires scorching parts of the United States
Where wildfire activity and thermal detected hot spots are found across the United States in a fully interactive map.
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Maine’s continuing weekly jobless claims fall by nearly 10,000
Weekly certifications for both state and federal benefits declined sharply last week, to 56,700, after totaling roughly 66,000 the previous week.