The pharmaceutical company is now on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Early voting for November’s election has already outpaced 2016 totals
More people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states has caused a surge in turnout in recent days.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
How Donald Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000
The president has taken other actions that have shattered his early promise to “completely isolate” himself from his business.
Posted inBusiness, Schools and Education
First day of school for thousands and Zoom gets glitchy
Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Watch: With no Great Falls Balloon Festival, pilots gather for virtual launch
A couple balloon pilots take off Saturday morning from Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston for the Sun Journal’s tribute to the festival, which was canceled because of the pandemic.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Here’s why the Postal Service says it wanted to remove hundreds of mail-sorting machines
USPS officials and industry insiders say sorters are taken offline every year, though the 671 earmarked represents a substantially larger share of the agency’s inventory.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Coin shortage hits retailers, laundromats, tooth fairy
As the pandemic-induced shortage persists, it’s become clear that there are still some conundrums that only coins can solve.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Tropical storm warning issued for Maine as Isaias gets closer to hurricane strength
Isaias is near hurricane strength early Monday as it approaches the Carolinas, just a day after bands of heavy rain from the tropical storm lashed Florida’s east coast.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine begins counting ranked-choice ballots in GOP primary for U.S. House seat
Maine election officials say they’ve begun determining the winner of a Republican primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat using ranked-choice voting
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Auburn parents arrested after doctors revive baby with Narcan
The unresponsive 9-month-old was taken to a hospital Friday night.