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Governor Janet Mills today, Jan. 11, announced that an additional 169 members of the Maine National Guard to help alleviate short-term capacity constraints at hospitals and maintain access to inpatient health care for Maine people amid record-high COVID-19 hospitalizations. The additional Guard members will serve in non-clinical support roles at health care facilities across the …
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The Internal Revenue Service said on Monday that acute staffing shortages will likely delay tax refunds and other services this year as the agency prepares for the 2022 tax filing season, which will begin on January 24. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig told reporters that this year’s window for filing tax returns for the year 2021 …
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California state prison officials announced Monday that real estate heir and convicted murderer Robert Durst has died at age 78 while serving a life sentence. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Durst died of natural causes early Monday while being treated at an outside hospital. Durst was sentenced in Los Angeles County …
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A documentary about Sidney Poitier is in the works at Apple with Oprah Winfrey serving as executive producer. The documentary is an Apple Original Films release from Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and Network Entertainment. Poitier, who died last Thursday at age 94 in Beverly Hills, was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for …
‘Bel-Air,’ Peacock’s dramatic reimagining of the Will Smith 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has dropped a new trailer. Bel-Air is a new series inspired by Morgan Cooper’s 2019 viral YouTube video. Cooper, who’s credited on Bel-Air as director/co-writer/executive producer, said of the series: “With this dramatic reimagining, we wanted to create a show …
Bowdoin College in Brunswick has released their new COVID-19 guidelines for students, staff, and faculty, for the upcoming spring semester. They all must receive their booster shots by January 21. Only surgical or KN95 masks will be allowed. Students will be required to take PCR tests twice a week. Latest on COVID-19 in Maine More …
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Yesterday afternoon, Jan. 9, Maine State Police responded to a report of a domestic violence incident on East Waldo Road in Waldo. A victim and her three-year-old child fled the residence to a neighbor’s home. As Troopers were investigating, the suspect, 30-year-old Kote Aldus, allegedly started firing shots in their direction from inside his residence, …
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A devastating five-alarm fire broke out in an apartment building in the Fordham Heights neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, including nine children. More than 200 firefighters with the Fire Department of New York battled the blaze, which was first reported around 11 a.m. in the …
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Authorities confirmed that least 27 people were rescued from a large chunk of floating ice in Green Bay, Wisc. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook that deputies worked with firefighters, Department of Natural Resources officials and the Coast Guard to safely remove the people from the ice off the shore …
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Comedian Bob Saget has died at 65. The star of “Full House” was found dead at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando on Sunday. The circumstances around Saget’s death are still unclear, however authorities said “no signs of foul play or drug use” were found. A statement read: “Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, …
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