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Sen. Angus King joins bipartisan push to develop oversight of potentially dangerous AI use
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Belfast decision puts future of controversial salmon farm in jeopardy
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Politics
Gov. Mills urges lawmakers to pass supplemental budget, reject amended storm bill
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Crime
One arrested, more than 3,000 cannabis plants seized at illegal growing operation in Harmony
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The president will call for more than tripling the existing 7.5% tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum imports.
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Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attackIsrael’s allies have been urging the country to hold back on any response that could spiral.
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The world's poorest countries will suffer 61% bigger income loss than the richest ones, the study calculated.
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The Ellsworth City Council determined Moshier was 'more likely than not' under the influence of alcohol when he went to the police station on the night of Dec. 22.
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The House narrowly voted in February to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Israel’s war cabinet has spent the last two days debating their next move. Here are some considerations key to their decision.
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Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died.
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The changes would expand ATV access routes in town by more than 2 1/2 miles.
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A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills allows the public to access records about hazardous materials moving along Maine tracks, but only after a derailment or spill.
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The legislation aims to regulate the collection, use, processing, transfer, sale and deletion of non-publicly available personal data. Business groups say the bill would detach Maine's businesses from the global online marketplace.
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The speaker is considering a complicated approach that would break apart the Senate's $95 billion aid package – for separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
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While the Senate is obligated to hold a trial under the rules of impeachment once the charges are walked across the Capitol, Democrats are expected to try to dismiss or table the charges.
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Hundreds of engineers, workers and divers have rushed to the scene of what some say could be the most expensive disaster in maritime history, in which six people are presumed to have perished.
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These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer 'signals,' which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA.
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The bill had been rejected in the House and Senate, but Sen. Mattie Daughtry asked that it be reconsidered Tuesday. It passed in the Senate only to fail again hours later in the House.
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The accessible park opened for the year Tuesday after undergoing its annual cleaning and maintenance.
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For Dawn Sullivan, the publication of 'Shadow Alchemy' marks a milestone in her personal and professional growth setting the stage for future writing projects, including her own memoir.
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The House voted in support of a bill that would give the team a tax credit of up to $133,000 per year, or $2 million total, over 15 years for upgrades at Hadlock Field.
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Town officials began the process of discontinuing the road in October 2022.
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Sondheim died at his Roxbury estate in 2021 at age 91.
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Lee Clement said he “sees the cost of everything rising, government spending out of control and not responsive to the needs of Maine’s citizens.”
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Maine's 2nd District congressman says the USPS' plan, which includes shifting some mail processing operations from Hampden to Scarborough, would be detrimental to reliable mail delivery.
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The legislation would ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2009.
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If a police beat reporter doesn't have a good fleet of secret squirrel sources, he is stuck day after day waiting for the OFFICIAL WORD to come down from city hall, the police department or some political mouthpiece.
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One person was transported to the hospital Monday night after a crash near 700 Lisbon St.
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Under an agreement, attorney general offices in Maine and 14 other states will be able to investigate complaints about airline service, and could then refer cases to the U.S. Transportation Department for enforcement.
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Churchill is said to have complained that the painting 'makes me look half-witted, which I ain’t.'
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Both proposals also received initial support from the Senate last week and now head to another round of votes in each chamber.
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The broadest forgiveness category would help borrowers who owe more than they originally borrowed because of runaway interest.
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The woman had suffered multiple injuries in the Wednesday night crash near the intersection of Sabattus and College streets.
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Meanwhile, lawsuits over the law proceed.
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In the latest vote, the House stripped the bill's emergency status, meaning that the $60 million in funding wouldn't be available for 90 days, delaying repairs to areas of Maine's working waterfront that were damaged by winter storms.
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Because of vehicle shortages, the county will use sole sourcing instead of bidding.
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The high court case focuses on whether the anti-obstruction provision of a law that was enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp. can be used against Jan. 6 defendants.
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In 2nd District Republican primary, Austin Theriault holds big fundraising lead.
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A federal appeals court found that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.
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It's the first of Trump's 4 criminal cases to go to trial and may be the only one that could reach a verdict before the November election.
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Police received a report of an assault involving multiple juveniles Monday evening.
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The maker of popular weedkiller Roundup is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about health risks.
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The site had been quietly inhabited for several years. The company that owns the property says it had been concerned about the camp growing but didn't call in the police.
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All 4 members have joined bipartisan efforts to prevent the potato's reclassification from vegetable to grain under federal dietary guidelines, and to encourage Japan to drop barriers to buying more U.S. potatoes.
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The House rejected the measure last week and will now reconsider the Senate version, which would exempt sand dunes from environmental protection in a bid to advance Maine's drive to generate offshore wind.
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The chunk of space junk was part of equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
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She was among the 10 singers to receive the most votes from the public after Sunday night's episode.
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Teams will be looking for nonpoint sources of stormwater runoff that carry organic nutrients into the ponds.
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Russia and Ukraine are trading blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
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The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
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Lots of activity at Lake Auburn Monday morning.