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Published
December 15, 2021

U.S. health care spending hit $4 trillion in 2020

The 9.7 percent jump is more than double the usual growth rate.
Published
December 15, 2021

Retail sales rose a modest, seasonally adjusted 0.3% in November

News about shortages may have pushed some to begin holiday shopping early, in October.
Published
December 15, 2021

Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?

The Biden administration says its rule-making authority supersedes any state policies prohibiting the requirements.
Published
December 15, 2021

Paris bar marks 100th birthday of bloody mary

The vodka-tomato juice cocktail is believed to have been invented at Harry's in 1921.
Published
December 15, 2021

U.S. faces a double virus surge as omicron advances, delta rages

Health officials call on Americans to get vaccinated, get their booster shots, wear masks indoors and get tested before traveling and before holiday gatherings.

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Published
December 15, 2021

New York City to fine businesses $1,000 for defying vaccine mandate

The city will also apply escalating penalties thereafter if violations persist.
Published
December 15, 2021

Fenix cancels rest of ‘12th Night’ run because of COVID-positive cast member

The play opened Dec. 8 and was scheduled to run through Saturday at Stevens Square Community Center in Portland.
Published
December 15, 2021

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine reach another record, ‘overwhelming our system’

Roughly two-thirds of the COVID patients in hospitals across the state are unvaccinated, and the percentage is as high as 85 to 90 among those in critical care.
Published
December 15, 2021

From a large new facility in South Portland, Preble Street feeds people and fights to end hunger

The idea for the Food Security Hub came from a need to move away from the soup kitchen model and feed more and more people during the pandemic.
Published
December 14, 2021

Nation’s COVID toll hits 800,000, with once-promising year ending in heartbreak

The year began with the promise of vaccines and falling case numbers, then the delta variant struck just as vaccination rates were stalling in a wave of misinformation.