Community transmission of coronavirus is now evident in a fourth Maine county, Androscoggin, and the state is tracking an outbreak at a fifth long-term care facility, Falmouth By the Sea. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah made those announcements Thursday during his daily briefing. Shah also updated the number of…
CORONAVIRUS Find developments on the Maine coronavirus, COVID-19 outbreak as we work together to separate facts from fear. Thursday, April 16, 2020 MAINE, USA — KEY MAINE CORONAVIRUS FACTS27 Mainers have died out of 796 confirmed COVID-19 cases130 Mainers have been hospitalized, 333 Mainers have recoveredGovernor Janet Mills orders National Guard and MEMA to help…
A massive explosion at a paper mill in Maine, which sent a huge plume of thick, black smoke into the air, was caught on video Wednesday afternoon.No injuries were reported but much of the building was destroyed, according to reports.“I’m just so happy that everyone’s OK. Thank our lucky stars and the man upstairs,” Kristen…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…