Chris Stevens, playing concertina and accordion, will be joined by his spouse, Amanda Gale, on piano with a program of Celtic music as the the Oasis of Music resumes its weekly schedule at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. One of the foremost exponents of […]
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Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America
Questions about how a limited supply of vaccine should be distributed have now found a new focus in rural America.
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Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how
Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety, but critics counter that the pace of negotiations is far too slow.
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Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm
The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection citing last month’s winter storm that left millions without power
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Minimum wage hike all but dead in Senate virus relief bill
Four days after the chamber’s parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a minimum wage increase in the measure, Democrats seemed to have exhausted their options for quickly salvaging the pay hike.
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Historic roundup of Hong Kong opposition draws defiant protest
The arrests of 47 opposition figures over their roles in an informal election primary last year represented the most sweeping use of the national security law imposed by China last year.
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U.S. investigating nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 SUVs after reports of engine fires
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating after getting 11 fire complaints involving the 2013 through 2018 model years.
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The Latest: Brazil health officials urge lockdowns, curfews
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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State opening 2 mass vaccination clinics in southern Maine as supply grows to 55,000 doses this week
A site at the Portland Expo and another at a former retail store in Sanford will add to a growing list of options. The Maine CDC also reported 128 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, continuing a downward trend.