It’s not clear yet how long vaccines will protect against infection, but studies are underway to answer that question.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
U.S. recovers millions in cryptocurrency ransom paid to pipeline hackers
The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from the Russia-based hacker group is the first undertaken by a specialized ransomware task force created by the Biden administration Justice Department.
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Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Islanders put Bruins on brink of elimination with 5-4 win
Semyon Varlamov stops 40 shots and New York hangs on to take a 3-2 series lead over Boston.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
‘Do not come’: Harris seeks ‘hope at home’ for Guatemalans
The American vice president emphasizes the need for action to improve the situation on the ground for Guatemalans, who she said don’t want to leave their homeland but are forced to by poor living conditions.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Six-year-old Sabattus boy crashes caretaker’s SUV between pole and building in Livermore Falls after joyride
A Sabattus boy, 6, allegedly took the keys to his Livermore Falls caretaker’s SUV and drove the vehicle on Pleasant Street Saturday night before getting it caught between a utility pole and the former Corner Store building.
Posted inMaine
Divers search for 2 young men presumed to have drowned on Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade
Brandon Breton, 21, of Vassalboro, and Joseph Mayo, 19, of Rome, were swimming with two other male friends off a pontoon boat on Messalonskee Lake when they became separated from a boat, authorities said.
Posted inSports
Djokovic, Nadal advance to French Open quarterfinals
Both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal beat 19-year-old players from Italy in the fourth round.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Lisbon High School graduates told to accept life’s challenges at Sunday ceremony
The ceremony was held in-person — a sign that COVID-19 restrictions are easing.
Posted inNation / World
Gap in U.S. death rates between rural, urban areas tripled even before pandemic
A study in the journal JAMA finds that death rates dropped in all groups except middle-aged rural white and Native American people, but fell most in cities.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News
Freeman Township man dies after being hit in head by falling branch
The 40-year-old man was cutting wood and dropping trees with his father behind family property on Baker Hill Road.