Officials hope to clear a 150-tent homeless camp by getting people into shelters and providing addiction services.
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College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census
They say their populations may have been undercounted because students were sent home when the pandemic hit.
Why COVID boosters weren’t tweaked to better match variants
COVID-19 booster shots are an extra dose of the original vaccine, and some experts wonder why they weren’t updated to better match the delta variant.
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
The social network isn’t the only one working on the metaverse, and Facebook acknowledged that no single company will own and operate it.
Maine CDC reports another rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations Sunday
Twenty more people were hospitalized around the state than on Saturday.
Resilient shoppers push U.S. retail sales up 0.7% in September
This despite sticker shock in grocery aisles, car lots and restaurants as snarled global supply chains slow the flow of goods.
China crackdown on Apple store hits holy book apps, Audible
Programs for reading and listening to the holy books of Islam and Christianity have disappeared from the Apple store in mainland China.
White House targeting economic risks from climate change
A new report lays out steps that could potentially alter the mortgage process and retirement plans, among other things.
Infections and lockdowns at Cumberland County Jail ease for now
But new infections inside the jail mean the virus is still circulating.
Outgoing Portland police chief will take over as security director at Wex
Chief Frank Clark has accepted a position as director of global security at Wex and will start later this year, the company said Tuesday.