Bird flu last year cost U.S. poultry producers nearly 59 million birds across 47 states, including egg-laying chickens and turkeys and chickens raised for meat, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak ever.
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Posted inSports
MLB’s playoff format is penalizing top seeds with all that time off
Commentary: The top two teams in each league receive a bye and have struggled once returning to action.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Fraud trial: Trump earlier listed penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not the 30,000 he later claimed
Evidence shown at Donald Trump’s New York civil business fraud trial shows that he signed a 1994 document that gave the true size of the New York penthouse that was listed later as far larger on his financial statements.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC
Experts say the Federal Trade Commission faces a few hurdles in its own case, including convincing the court which slice of the market Amazon is allegedly monopolizing.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
The future of electric vehicles looms over negotiations in the U.S. autoworkers strike
With the UAW strike now in its fourth week, EVs and their potential impact on job security have become central to union negotiations with the automakers.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport man digs and dives for antique treasures
Walt Bannon will discuss his adventures and his collections and sign copies of his new book at an Oct. 28 event in Freeport.
Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
NBA notebook: Svi Mykhailiuk fighting for roster spot with Celtics
Mykhailiuk had 15 points in 25 minutes against the Knicks on Monday.
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports
Maine Mariners seek to ‘take that next step’ after first-round playoff exits
Just nine players who spent time with the ECHL team last season are among the 24 who opened camp Tuesday morning at Troubh Ice Arena in Portland.
Posted inMaine
A town hall, a theater and a bowling alley among Maine Preservation’s ‘most endangered’ places
See the 7 landmarks that landed on the Yarmouth nonprofit’s list this year.
Posted inMaine
Gov. Mills’ post of encampment photos puzzles allies and critics alike
The governor removed a Facebook post that included photos of a Portland homeless encampment juxtaposed with more idyllic scenes of mountains, lakes, the coast and a county fair and words that asked “where in Maine are these spots?”