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Business, Nation & World

Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets

by AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

It will take a case-by-case approach to decide how tweets are labeled.

Sports

No Calder Cup for first time since 1936 as AHL cancels season and playoffs

by STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

The 31-team American Hockey League is shifting its focus to next season, but there is still plenty up in the air for teams and players.

Business, Maine, News

More than 20,000 Mainers have filed jobless claims under expanded eligibility program

by J. Craig Anderson May 11, 2020May 12, 2020

A federal eligibility expansion implemented May 1 in Maine allows benefits to be paid to unemployed contractors, self-employed workers and others normally ineligible.

Maine, News

Maine CDC reports 26 new COVID-19 cases, one more death

by Kevin Miller May 11, 2020May 12, 2020

The new cases come on the day that retail businesses in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties were allowed to reopen under strict health and safety protocols.

Health, Nation & World, News

Veterans groups, government brace for surge in mental health needs

by SARAH BLAKE MORGAN, CLAUDIA LAUER and HOPE YEN Associated Press May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

The Department of Veterans Affairs and its partner mental health providers have kept thousands of veterans in treatment during the coronavirus pandemic through telehealth appointments

Business, Maine, News

MaineHealth program helps jobless Mainers find health care and insurance

by J. Craig Anderson May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

The health care system said it can connect patients with a range of options during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nation & World

Virus rampages across vast Navajo lands, close-knit families

by FELICIA FONSECA and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

The Navajo reservation spans three western U.S. states and has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country.

Nation & World

The Latest: Increased testing could make NFL season ‘feasible,’ Fauci says

by News Services May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks there is no way the NFL season could begin soon amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately, the league has about four months to go before kickoff, at which point the federal government’s top infectious-disease expert thinks it is at least “feasible” that fans could see […]