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Mystery of What Stained People's Feet at Maine Beaches Solved (It's Gross)
Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection had been investigating the substance spotted at the shore in York, Wells and Ogunquit.
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3 Arrests After Cranston Officer Assaulted, Run Over By ATV
Three people have been arrested after an incident police said involved an officer being pushed, surrounded, and run over while responding to dozens of recklessly driven motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. About 30 motorcycles and ATVs were speeding and weaving in and out of traffic Friday afternoon before one of the drivers dropped her motorcycle in the middle of the road…
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Businesses Reopen as Rhode Island's 3-Week ‘Pause' Is Lifted
Some Rhode Island businesses are reopening or increasing capacity now that Gov. Gina Raimondo’s three week “pause” to help control the latest coronavirus surge has ended. The Democratic governor decided to lift the pause because of what she called “sustained decreases” in percent positivity rates which it is hoped will stop hospitals from being flooded with coronavirus patients. Businesses...
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Maine Tops 500 Infections in 1 Day After First Vaccine Shots
Maine topped 500 new daily COVID-19 infections for the first time during the pandemic on Wednesday, a day after hospitals began providing the first Pfizer vaccines to health care workers. Major hospital groups began receiving and administering the vaccines to at least 475 people in the state earlier this week. The first Mainer to receive the vaccine on Tuesday was…
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Small Social Gatherings Blamed for Coronavirus Spike in RI
Small social gatherings appear to be the cause for a coronavirus uptick in Rhode Island, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Wednesday. While showing the state’s data at her coronavirus briefing, the governor said contact tracing reveals cases from K-12 schools, congregate care and restaurants are flat or declining. However, it’s small social gatherings where people are sharing food and drinks...
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RI to Review Vaccine Safety and Distribution
Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Wednesday the launch of a subcommittee to evaluate the safety of potential COVID-19 vaccines as well as their distribution to the residents of Rhode Island. “We’re not going to put a vaccine out to the people of Rhode Island until it is safe,” Raimondo said during her weekly coronavirus news conference. The subcommittee, which will...
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NH Teen Indicted on Murder Charge in Dad's Death
A New Hampshire teenager has been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge stemming from the death of his father last year in Antrim, prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Beam, 18, faces a charge of first-degree murder and is accused of assaulting his father with a hammer and a knife, Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said. Beam has been held…
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Susan Collins Says Senate Should Wait to Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Until After Election
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Friday called the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “one of the most prominent legal luminaries of our time.” But she waited until Saturday to address whether the nomination of her successor should happen now, or after the election. Ginsburg died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Her death…
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‘Halloween Has to Go on' in RI, Gov. Raimondo Says
Despite the coronavirus canceling many events, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday that Halloween celebrations in Rhode Island must go on. “Halloween has to go on, one way or another,” Raimondo said during her weekly news conference. The governor said that, although she and the Rhode Island Department of Health do not have a clear-cut plan yet, they must come up…
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Third Person Linked to Maine Wedding Dies of COVID-19
A third person tied to a wedding and reception last month in Millinocket, Maine, has died of the novel coronavirus, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. There are now 147 total cases linked to the events on Aug. 7 at Tri-Town Baptist Church and The Big Moose Inn, health officials said. Also included are 72 cases at...
