The animals are following the warming waters farther north, and greater numbers are getting cold-stunned when the ocean cools in the winter.
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Canadian company that supplied electric buses to Maine schools struggling financially
Canadian newspapers reported Monday that Lion Electric Co. faces bankruptcy, which could affect electric school buses in Maine.
South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers vote against it
President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law late Tuesday, but less than 3 hours later, parliament acted, with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik declaring that lawmakers ‘will protect democracy with the people.’
Nearly 30% of U.S. drugstores closed in one decade, study shows
Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the retail pharmacy closures, researchers said in a study published Tuesday in Health Affairs.
U.S. seeks to end subminimum wage for workers with disabilities
Since the New Deal, federal law has authorized the department to permit paying particular employees a lower ‘special minimum wage’ on the grounds that their disabilities impair their productivity.
U.S. job openings pick up to 7.7 million as labor demand steadies
Available positions increased to 7.74 million from a revised 7.37 million reading in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed Tuesday.
China bans exports to U.S. of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions
The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls on computer chip-making equipment, software and high-bandwidth memory chips.
After 34 years, court oversight of Maine’s mental health services has officially ended
A superior court judge this week approved the state’s petition to dissolve what has come to be known as the AMHI consent decree, which settled a class action lawsuit brought by former patients of Augusta Mental Health Institute.
Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying U.S. Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs
Trump had vowed early in the presidential campaign that he would ‘instantaneously’ block the deal.
Attend a Feast of the Seven Fishes in southern Maine
Portland restaurant Via Vecchia and Sacred Profane in Biddeford will celebrate the Italian-American seafood tradition.