Google’s nearly $100 million fine and Facebook’s parent company Meta’s $27 million fine address the companies’ failure to delete content banned by local law.
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U.S. to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa
The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Girl, 14, killed by Los Angeles police in clothing store shooting
Officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet went through a dressing room wall and struck the girl, authorities say.
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Maine reports 1,244 new cases of COVID-19
Three additional deaths also are reported.
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Airlines cancel hundreds of flights over Christmas
Lufthansa, Delta, United report that illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 are taking a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.
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Fire destroys 3-story farmhouse, kills animals in St. Albans, official says
Blaze at 180 Ballard Road on Tuesday kills two animals, possibly chickens.
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Annual Portland road race gives Toy Fund a leg up
Organizers shared $1,000 of the fundraiser’s proceeds with the Press Herald Toy Fund this year.
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Moderna booster shot should provide ‘good level of protection’ against omicron, vaccine-maker says
Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine significantly raised antibody levels against the omicron variant.
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Break out the shovels: Snow covers much of Maine
The first plowable snow of the season drops 5 to 7 inches to southern Maine.
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First snow arrives to blanket Maine
Between 4 and 7 inches is expected throughout much of the state. A year ago Maine had 19 inches of snow on the ground by this date.