Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and buffets with lurking norovirus. So why aren't health officials warning people about eating food contaminated with the new coronavirus? Read More
President Donald Trump will not reopen the Obamacare exchanges to allow uninsured Americans to purchase health care coverage during the coronavirus pandemic, a White House official said Tuesday night. Read More
The council voted to waive interest on personal and property taxes for the next 60 days, among other items to provide some relief for the city's residents. Read More
Thirty-eight people spent Tuesday night at the makeshift shelter, a Portland spokesperson said Wednesday. Read More
My nephew and his family live in New York City, where streets usually crowded with vehicles and people are now empty and quiet. They've been isolated at home for several weeks now, with no end in sight. Their usual routines don't work anymore, so together, they've built some new ones. Read More
Maine will get 15 machines that can return test results for the coronavirus in as fast as 5 minutes, a top state health official said Wednesday. Read More
Hospitals are threatening to fire health care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic — and have in some cases followed through. Read More
Another 41 cases of the coronavirus were confirmed Wednesday as it has now been detected in 13 Maine counties. Read More
The sudden change is affecting restaurant workers and owners, even those who’ve made the pivot to offering takeout service. Read More
The woman accused of bludgeoning an elderly woman to death in Owls Head last year is scheduled to change her plea to guilty in June, her attorney said. Read More
Ten other residents and seven employees have tested positive for the virus, and tests for 25 other residents are pending. Read More
A New Hampshire State Police account of the crash "was deeply flawed," the lawyer for truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyysaid in a motion that seeks a hearing to set him free on bail. Read More
Gretchen Whitmer, a former longtime Michigan state lawmaker who has endorsed Biden, is less than halfway through her first term as governor after winning office in 2018. Read More
A Northern Light Health spokeswoman confirmed the case, but declined to provide further details, citing patient confidentiality. Read More
The New England Aquarium said Tuesday the animals spent four to five months at its Animal Care Center in Quincy prior to release. Read More
As questions grow about whether people sometimes can spread the virus before realizing they're sick — which social distancing is supposed to address — increasingly people ask what it would hurt to wear some form of mask in public. Read More
The new findings are on top of problems identified last year by the watchdog office, which concluded that the FBI had made significant errors and omissions in applications to eavesdrop on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Read More
It's a troubling development amid cautious optimism that cases in the state may peak more slowly than expected. Read More
That comes as the White House projected there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained. Read More
The backpedaling underscores the nature of the dispute, which comes seven months before Election Day in a state that could make or break Trump's re-election bid. Read More
