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2021
Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state
He vows that the administration will approach the world with both humility and confidence.
Internet outages hit East Coast, causing problems for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail
Users reported trouble accessing apps that have become necessities to keep work-from-home life running smoothly during the coronavirus pandemic.
MLB notebook: League, players at impasse over universal DH, expanded 2021 postseason
Players, who are in favor of the proposed DH rule, are concerned about the impact of any expanded playoff structure.
Some Maine soldiers are returning home, others heading to D.C.
Most of the original 200 soldiers who were deployed to protect the nation’s capital are returning to Maine, but some have volunteered to stay.
White House seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses; states to get more next week
Even before any additional purchase, allocations to states and other jurisdictions will increase by about 16% next week, says the Biden administration.
Biddeford council approves Saco Lowell TIF after earlier rejection
Council votes have been split over the proposal for months, but they approved the measure 5-4 on Jan. 19, after rejecting it by the same one-vote margin on Jan. 7.
BIW employee critically injured on the job, union says
The mechanic was injured at the shipyard Saturday morning, but the company and union declined to say how the injury occurred.
The Latest: Biden says he’s ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Three COVID-19 outbreaks in Lisbon as cases rise
There have been five positive COVID-19 cases reported at Lisbon High School, three at Lisbon Community School and at least three at Lisbon’s public works department.