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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, caution tape closes off a voting stall to help distance voters to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during election day at the East End School in Portland, Maine. In that election, Maine became the the first state to use ranked choice voting in a presidential contest. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Pandemic, election, strike among Maine's top stories of 2020

By David Sharp Dec. 28, 2020 09:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020, file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, gives a thumbs-up as she addresses supporters just after midnight in Bangor, Maine. Collins won a tough reelection fight in a campaign that featured astonishing levels of spending. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Pandemic, election, strike among Maine's top stories of 2020

By David Sharp Dec. 22, 2020 09:56 AM EST

People watch a movie in an outdoor park in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Hong Kong's first socially-distanced outdoor entertainment park opened its doors to public on Tuesday, as the events and entertainment industry adjusts to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
New Hong Kong park shows 'Jaws' to socially distanced crowd

By Alice Fung Nov. 10, 2020 08:41 AM EST

Ukrainian tourist, Egyptian guide lose limbs in shark attack

By Samy Magdy Oct. 27, 2020 12:52 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — A young Ukrainian tourist lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide a leg in a rare shark attack over the weekend off Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm...

Eric Mendez, a 40-year-old bricklayer, prepares a caught fish to cook at his home after returning from a day of open sea fishing on his inner tube, at Playa Escondida in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Fishermen like Mendez face strong currents, sharks and the fear a fishhook could puncture their inner tube far from shore. But a day's catch could feed their families for a week. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelans brave open sea on tubes, fishing for survival

By Matias Delacroix And Juan Pablo Arráez Aug. 15, 2020 12:55 PM EDT

This image released by Discovery Channel shows a shark breaking through the water in a scene from "Shark Lockdown," premiering Sunday, Aug. 9, one of three programs kicking off Shark Week 2020 on the Discovery Channel. (Discovery Channel via AP)
Virus-quieted oceans open window for Shark Week researchers

By Lynn Elber Aug. 07, 2020 05:05 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jul. 31, 2020 02:31 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT A major step is taken...

AM-Prep: Cooler Copy

Apr. 07, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
TRUMP, BIDEN HAVE PHONE CHAT OVER CORONAVIRUS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he had a “really wonderful, warm conversation”...