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Another staff member at Rumford Community home tested positive, bringing the total cases there to 48 residents and staff.

Researchers have spotted an unusual Chinese campaign to suggest that Maine lobsters may have been the source of COVID-19.

As of Monday, 36 residents and 11 staff members had tested positive for COVID-19, and four residents have died due to complications.

Health care workers have until Oct. 29 to be fully vaccinated. One provider is weighing whether to seek another extension of the deadline from the Mills administration.

In this week’s newsletter: Maine CDC bars, unbars advocacy orgs from briefings; NH governor stumps for LePage; spending in the corridor fight; a temporary deal in the debt debate.

The town has partnered with nearby Redington-Fairview General Hospital to offer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations at the polling site.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A judge sentenced a man to life in prison for strangling a 74-year-old Davenport man to death in 2020. The Quad-City Times reports that Judge Mark Fowler sentenced 20-year-old Charlie Gary, of Davenport, to the life term for the January 2020 death of Robert Long. Gary was convicted in August of first-degree murder as well as burglary, robbery, and abuse of a corpse. Prosecutors say the killing happened after Gary, who had done odd jobs for Long, asked the older man if he w...

Last week, Vandenberg Space Force Base saw its 2,000th launch with the orbiting of the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite.

The jump over the previous week was driven largely by third doses for older and immunocompromised Mainers. But the timing suggests that the Oct. 1 deadline for health care workers to get vaccinated also was a factor.