April was Brazil’s deadliest month of the pandemic, with thousands of people losing their lives daily at crowded hospitals.
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Posted inNation & World
Free beer, pot and doughnuts: Incentives are added to vaccine drive
Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
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Posted inNation & World
Indians turn to black market, unproven drugs as virus surges
As India faces a devastating surge of new coronavirus infections overwhelming its health care system, people are turning to desperate measures to try to keep loved ones alive.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
L.L. Bean to add new stores, revert to 24-hour operation in Freeport
The company said it’s building on a strong financial year in which its revenues grew by 5%.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Kennebec County budget undergoes first review
County officials are proposing a $14.3 million spending plan, a 5.12% overall budget increase, which could mean nearly a 5.7% hike in what’s raised through property taxes in Kennebec County.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
American tourists may be allowed in London as soon as next month
Progress on COVID-19 vaccinations in the two countries could allow the U.S. to be included on the so-called Green List of countries from which people will be able to travel to Britain without quarantine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Increased smoking, drinking part of COVID’s cost
It will take a few years to know if people’s pandemic coping methods will result in increased sickness and death.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lewiston-Auburn leads the entire country in daily average of new COVID-19 cases
The Lewiston-Auburn metropolitan ranks third in the country for the highest daily average of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks, according to data published by The New York Times.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Early draft of Gardiner-area school budget includes local share increases
While the Maine School Administrative District 11’s overall spending plan for 2021-2022 is still a ‘work in progress,’ its adult education and school nutrition budgets were OK’d by the Finance Committee.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
‘America is rising anew’: Biden touts progress in his first 100 days in office
Making his first address to Congress, the president pitches a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education.