A White House official says 98% of U.S. households that received a COVID-19 relief check in December will also qualify for the next round of payments.

Police have not released any details about an incident Thursday on Long Plains Road.

All told, 4.3 million Americans are receiving traditional state unemployment benefits.

Teachers and child care staff can now begin getting vaccines after Gov. Mills announced that the state would follow President Biden's recent directive to states.

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Superintendent Terri Cooper says the district was made aware last week of the statements gathered by a third party and posted on social media.

St. Mary's Medical Center is working on lining up dates for clinics to vaccinate teachers, likely next week.

First proposed in January, the policy requires face coverings in publicly accessible areas.

The bill, passed along mostly party lines, would ban chokeholds, end racial and religious profiling, establish a national database to track police misconduct and prohibit certain no-knock warrants.

A national panel of experts says that extending the dose interval would allow as many as 80% of Canadians older than 16 to receive a single dose by the end of June.

Under Wednesday’s agreement, the Senate bill would halt stimulus checks completely for individuals making $80,000 or more and couples earning $160,000.

York County attorney Amy Fairfield says the public should have more information on how the state police crime lab operates, including employee disciplinary records and its analysis of evidence.

A U.S. contractor died early Wednesday after at least 10 rockets slammed into the base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed.

The latest Small Business Pulse Survey is among a series of surveys the Census Bureau has conducted since last spring to measure the effect of the pandemic.

With more vaccines available, the Lewiston-based college hopes student life will no longer have so many COVID-19-related restrictions.

Mrs. Whitehead was remembered for her boundless energy and dedication to family and community.

Three young women employed by a TV station were gunned down this week in Jalalabad.

A scientist who worked for the company in Connecticut is accused of failing to disclose ties to Chinese research institutions when applying for federal funds in the U.S.

Four electronic signs posted on behalf of William Guerrette, Republican candidate for the Senate District 14 seat, have drawn a complaint over the disclosure of who paid for the signs.

The state is still exploring options to expand capacity, but the 2 biggest health care organizations say they are prepared to accelerate vaccinations.

The bill would require states to automatically register eligible voters and offer same-day registration, but it faces big obstacles in the Senate.

Treasury yields hit the psychologically important 1.50% mark last week as investors braced for stronger economic growth but also a possible increase in inflation.

Among the most vulnerable, a study says, are those involved in arts and entertainment, which depend on ticket sales for most of their revenue.

The announcement by Gov. Janet Mills was welcomed by educators, though the state warned that without additional vaccine it could slow the timeline for vaccinating older residents.

Severe winter storms in Texas 'have occurred repeatedly over decades, and ERCOT has been unprepared for them,' says a subcommittee chairman.

David and Theresa Roy were traveling on Pond Road in Sidney Tuesday when a tree fell on their vehicle in high winds and a branch came through the car and impaled Theresa Roy, who is 79.

The incident occurred late Monday night when a Port Authority officer saw the 60-year-old man fall to the floor near a baggage claim area.

The Border Patrol says the 13 people killed in the Southern California crash were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. from Mexico as part of a human smuggling operation.

Maine's junior U.S. senator was tapped to chair the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, and a subcommittee that oversees U.S. nuclear and strategic forces.

Enforcement of the law has been temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Augusta police say they found the body of Pierre 'Pete' Bolduc on Wednesday in Augusta and the cause of his death is under investigation.

Xavier Becerra, California's attorney general, is taking heat for his defense of abortion rights from Republicans looking to define him as out of the mainstream.

A somber New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is apologizing following sexual harassment allegations against him.

The owner of the wine bar in One City Center says he's working on a new venture.

The president says the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May – 2 months earlier than anticipated

The department turned off an automated process that canceled some claims based on an employer's response to an electronic form.

Three immigrant-rights groups say in the federal lawsuit that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used the Cumberland County Jail as a short-term detention facility during the pandemic.

The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.

A Democratic official says President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have agreed to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks in the party's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.

The Defense Department took more than 3 hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot on Jan. 6 after the Capitol Police chief pleaded with the Army for help.

The announcement makes Haaland's confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows Haaland's endorsement last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

The town council voted to cancel the July festival in its traditional form but discussed holding smaller spaced-out events in the spirit of Moxie.

Dolly Parton rewrote the lyrics to ‘Jolene’ as ‘Vaccine, vaccine,’ as she got her COVID-19 shot.

Although weather often stops him, Jeremy Averill prefers to commute by surfboard from a beach near his house to the Salsbury Cove post office.

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It's the highest daily death toll since the Feb. 1 coup, exceeding the 18 that the U.N. Human Rights Office said were killed on Sunday.

Maine is in the middle of its busiest vaccination week to date, as President Biden announced Tuesday that production is expected to ramp up quickly.

The number of vaccination sites in Maine is poised to top 150 with the addition of Hannaford, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies.

The legislation would provide $1,400 payments to individuals plus hundreds of billions of dollars for schools and colleges, COVID-19 vaccines and testing, mass transit systems, renters and small businesses.

Israel has given only 2,000 Moderna doses to the Palestinian Authority – an insignificant amount given the West Bank has recorded more than 1,000 cases the last several days.

Some changes to the amount of in-person learning time in the district could be made by April break, school officials said Tuesday night.

Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill's sponsor, said aerial application of glyphosate and other herbicides has caused irreversible environmental damage.

Social-distancing concerns compel the county to keep the public from attending Wednesday's meeting and offer it to them by Zoom.

Wildlife advocates urge the Legislature to give state regulators power to curb racing near loons.

Among those opposed to Tanden, a domestic policy expert who helped author the Affordable Care Act, was U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

The New York-based Bully Gang allegedly distributed large quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York to Maine from 2017 to 2020.

Police say the 1997 Ford Expedition's middle and back seats had been removed, allowing more people to fit inside and making the vehicle more unsafe.

No one was injured in the crash caused by 'a complete solid whiteout' that occurred when the strong winds whipped up snow that had fallen Monday.

As pressure builds to get children back in classrooms, teachers say they're disappointed by Gov. Janet Mills' new eligibility guidelines based solely on age. And President Biden says he aims to get every educator at least 1 dose by the end of March.