Hospital assaults / 2,000-plus COVID deaths / Ukraine invasion

Today is Friday. Temperatures will be in the single digits to mid-20s from north to south, with snow throughout the state. Here’s what you need to know about the storm and the latest closings, cancellations and delays. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.

The latest on the coronavirus in Maine

Here is what the data say about where Maine is at this stage of the pandemic and where we are going.

The increase in violence is a national problem laying bare problems in an interconnected health care system.

Maine’s Republican senator said Thursday that she would have favored aggressive sanctions sooner, as Russian troops built up at the Ukrainian border.

PLUS: Here are the things to know about the conflict over Ukraine and the security crisis in Eastern Europe.

Troy Barnies and his wife have left the country for the safety of Norway.

Bangor’s former Toys “R” Us location will get its first permanent tenant in almost four years this April.

In December 2019, Trey Knof allegedly entered the girl’s room and sexually assaulted her, leaving a bag of Skittles behind, “as if for payment.”

The move from Senate President Troy Jackson was notable because it puts him at odds with the major state employees’ union.

The developer, Stan MacMillan, expects the three-bedroom, ranch-style homes off Main Road South to sell for $287,000 or less.

Bobbie Pelletier, 47, of Orrington died Sunday in a snowmobile crash in Limestone, the town where the deputy grew up with his three brothers.

It’s a game of hide-and-seek with life or death consequences, one we don’t often get a chance to witness.