mainemirror.com latest rss headlines Provides the latest rss feeds for mainemirror.com. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page mainemirror.com http://www.mainemirror.com en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:57:24 +1100 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:57:24 +1100 3600 <![CDATA[Herring getting scarcer, and thinner]]> Recreational fishermen in New England say commercial trawlers are threatening the survival of smaller businesses relying on a healthy stock of Atlantic herring.

The small forage fish is vital to both the marine food chain and the region's economy.

Rich Hittinger, first vice president of the Rhode Island Salt]]>
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<![CDATA[Books see 'exponential' surge in women's NCAA tourney action]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274178393/books-see-exponential-surge-in-women-ncaa-tourney-action 274178393 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:55:18 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274178393/books-see-exponential-surge-in-women-ncaa-tourney-action <![CDATA[Biden Jokes About His Opponent's Age and His Own at DC Roast]]> washington - The big news this week, U.S. President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said.

'The other's me,' Bidden quipped.

The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner, as Biden deflect]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274174756/biden-jokes-about-his-opponent-age-and-his-own-at-dc-roast 274174756 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:05:07 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274174756/biden-jokes-about-his-opponent-age-and-his-own-at-dc-roast <![CDATA[It's March Madness, More People Can Legally Bet on Basketball Games]]> People in North Carolina may have a little more riding on this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, as they will be able to legally bet on the games through their smartphone apps and computers for the first time.

For the sixth straight year, the number of states allowing legal sports betting has expanded since the last rendition of March Madness. A total of 38 states and the District of Columbia ]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274174172/it-march-madness-more-people-can-legally-bet-on-basketball-games 274174172 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:35:14 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274174172/it-march-madness-more-people-can-legally-bet-on-basketball-games <![CDATA[Death toll from Covid-19 continues to mount]]> Friday was "Long COVID Awareness Day," and Mainers were among those who gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to commemorate it.

Advocates for those who suffer or have died from COVID-19 say they're alarmed by new fed]]>
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<![CDATA[Military ships, jet purchase hit by Biden's 1% defense budget rise]]> WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, President Joe Biden's overall U.S. defense and national security budget request was released, totaling just one percent higher than in 2023.

This level will cause a slowdown in spending on a wide range of programs and delay efforts to rebuild weapons stocks depleted by the Ukraine and Israel conflicts.

The $895 billion national security budget request is the outcome of a two-yea]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274170527/military-ships-jet-purchase-hit-by-biden-1-defense-budget-rise 274170527 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:00:51 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274170527/military-ships-jet-purchase-hit-by-biden-1-defense-budget-rise <![CDATA[Trump ordered CIA operation against China report]]> The social media influencing campaign was intended to foster ?paranoia? among top leaders in Beijing, Reuters reported

Former US President Donald Trump authorized a secret CIA influence campaign aimed at smearing the Chinese government and turning public opinion against its leaders, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing ex-officials with knowledge of the operation.

According to the report, t]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274169572/trump-ordered-cia-operation-against-china-report 274169572 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:13:09 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274169572/trump-ordered-cia-operation-against-china-report <![CDATA[U.S. records about 20,000 deaths from flu this season: CDC]]> LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Xinhua) -- There have been at least 29 million flu illnesses, 320,000 hospitalizations, and 20,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated nationally with increases in some parts of the country.

Thirteen influenza-as]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274167920/us-records-about-20000-deaths-from-flu-this-season-cdc 274167920 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:58:07 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274167920/us-records-about-20000-deaths-from-flu-this-season-cdc <![CDATA[AGA: Americans expected to wager $2.72B on NCAA Tournaments]]> http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274164461/aga-americans-expected-to-wager-272b-on-ncaa-tournaments 274164461 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:05:12 GMT http://www.mainemirror.com/news/274164461/aga-americans-expected-to-wager-272b-on-ncaa-tournaments