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April 8, 2020

State asks Mainers to stop tossing gloves on the ground after use

The improper disposal of gloves is a growing litter problem and a biohazard concern around the country.
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April 8, 2020

The Virus Diaries: ‘I had to join the 21st century’ to adapt

A Portland fifth-grade teacher quickly becomes proficient in using social media apps and educational websites to connect with her students remotely.
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April 8, 2020

Maine’s delegation pushes Congress to provide more COVID-19 relief

Senators, representatives on Capitol Hill seek more help for everything from newspapers to rural hospitals.
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April 8, 2020

Group monitoring tennis says gambling on rise as result of COVID-19 pandemic

The London-based Tennis Integrity Unit, charged with keeping tabs on reports of match-fixing, says this 'is an indication that the entry levels of professional tennis were deliberately targeted by corruptors' as the season neared a suspension.
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April 8, 2020

Remember songwriter John Prine’s Maine concerts with these reviews from years past

Prine, considered ‘the Mark Twain of American songwriting,’ died on Tuesday from complications of the coronavirus. Here, we reviewed his previous appearances in Maine.

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April 8, 2020

World track and field championships rescheduled for July 2022

The championships, originally to take place in August 2021 in Eugene, Oregon, have been pushed back a year in light of the Olympics being postponed.
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April 8, 2020

Stocks climb 3.4% on Wall Street as hopes build for virus peak

Markets have been incredibly volatile in recent weeks as investors blindly guess how badly the coronavirus outbreak will hurt corporate profits amid suffocating uncertainty.
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April 8, 2020

Fenway Park’s organist, with no games to play, launched a season of his own

Josh Kantor, the organist at Fenway since 2003, is developing a new following with his daily broadcast on Facebook.
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April 8, 2020

Tokyo Olympic flame taken off display to ‘prevent people from gathering’

The flame was to remain on display through the end of April after the Tokyo Olympics and the torch relay were postponed until next year.
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April 8, 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in ICU with coronavirus, is ‘improving’

He was admitted to St. Thomas' Hospital in London on Sunday and moved to the ICU on Monday after his condition deteriorated.