The first of 15 charter flights for players and officials arrived in Melbourne ahead Australian Open, scheduled to start on Feb. 8.
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Sports Digest: UMaine rallies past Providence in men’s hockey
The Black Bears score three goals in the third period to earn a 4-3 victory.
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MLB notebook: Yankees keep LeMahieu, add Kluber
DJ LeMahieu agrees to a six-year deal for $90 million, and free-agent pitcher Corey Kluber gets a one-year, $11 million contract.
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Former Masters and U.S. Open champ Cabrera arrested in Brazil for extradition
Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera was on Interpol’s red code list and is charged with assault, theft, illegal intimidation and repeated disrespect to authorities in his homeland.
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NFL notebook: Arthur Smith accepts offer to become Falcons head coach
Tennessee’s offensive coordinator is chosen from a group of seven candidates who interviewed for the position.
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Online signups complicate vaccine rollout for older people
As states across the U.S. roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their shots.
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‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million
The numbing figure was reached just over a year after COVID-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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Thorndike voters reject moratorium on pot business
In August 2020 the town opted into the state’s adult-use marijuana policy, but selectmen wanted to draft the town’s own ordinance on pot business, which called a halt to the sale of Donald Maxim’s farm to a commercial pot grower.
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NBA roundup: Irving fined, could lose more than $1 million
Kyrie Irving is fined $50,000 for violating health and safety protocols and will forfeit at least two game checks for missing games while in quarantine.
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Gov. Mills gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Mills was included in Phase 1A as a ‘person critical to Maine’s COVID-19 response,’ her office said.