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Portland man pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges from Jan. 6 riot
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Lawmakers return next week to consider veto overrides, leftover spending bills
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Shopping for cannabis in Maine will look different this summer
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Arts & Entertainment
Climate change is rarely mentioned in top-rated films of the last decade
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly railed against several rounds of U.S. and Western sanctions, claiming last year that they are 'illegitimate sanctions' on his country.
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Since taking office, the Biden administration has chipped away at debt-relief claims filed by hundreds of thousands of students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, mostly for-profit institutions.
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'The Princess Diaries' and 'The Devil Wears Prada' alum touched on her sobriety when discussing middle age.
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell also is signaling he will continue to oppose the marijuana banking bill. McConnell has previously helped block the bill.
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Russia provided almost a quarter of the enriched uranium used to fuel America’s fleet of more than 90 commercial reactors, making it the No. 1 foreign supplier.
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Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla and throws into question whether the Biden administration will reach its goal to build a nationwide network of half a million EV chargers.
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Since word got out, owner Carrie Clark has been sharing her cat's story, with advice to microchip your pets and to double-check your Amazon boxes before returning them.
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The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.
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Johnson has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland recommends loosening restrictions on marijuana, a historic shift in federal drug policy.
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Poland Spring parent company BlueTriton announced the aluminum bottles are part of a long-term sustainability plan.
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Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza have spread across the country in a student movement unlike any other in the 21st century.
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The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.
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Double-check your Amazon boxes before returning them.
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From Kuwait to Lebanon, Egypt to Ramallah, students have occupied central locations on campuses and protested in solidarity.
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The Israeli prime minister says stopping the war before the nation's goals are achieved is 'out of the question.'
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Selectperson Keith Swett stressed to Event Coordinator Renee Woodard on Tuesday, April 23, to keep barricades up and manned until all the foot traffic has cleared.
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As Maine leads the country in workplace injury rates, labor advocates are calling on the government to strengthen safety protections and enforcement.
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Critics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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Town officials award job to lowest of six bidders.
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The proposal is $3.7 million more than this year.
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The Buzz: Mason's Brewing Company suspends plans to build brewery in Auburn; Poland Spring switching to aluminum bottles; Auburn law firm closing after 93 years.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate last month and told reporters she's laying the groundwork for future consideration.
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Former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance.
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An osprey brings a fish Tuesday to its nest atop a transmission line in Leeds.
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Contractors working at Rent-A-Center smelled an odor of propane.
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Still to come are votes on the core of the bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage in church law and policy.
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The measure, if enacted, would not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.
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The executive editor for the Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group papers said the tech companies shouldn't be allowed to steal 'our work to build their own businesses at our expense.'
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Corson was chair of Guy Gannett Publishing, the company founded by her grandfather, until it sold its newspapers, including the Press Herald, to the Seattle Times Co. in 1998.
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Skowhegan residents do some fishing at Clearwater Pond in Industry.
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Jay lost $600,000 in state revenue-sharing because it used undesignated funds to cover its lower valuation.
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Thomas College will hold the in-person commencement on May 11 at the Alfond Athletic Center.
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Breast cancer death rates have fallen as treatment continues to improve. But breast cancer is still the second-most common cause of cancer death for U.S. women.
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Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a colorless liquid that emits a toxic vapor that has killed at least 88 workers since 1980, the EPA said.
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After court adjourned, the former president called the gag order 'totally unconstitutional.'
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Officers have taken protesters into custody after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.
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Service expansions by Breeze, Frontier and other airlines could push summer passenger numbers to 2 million.
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Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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Gagnon sang 'Over the Rainbow,' the song made famous by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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Commissioners will take up the budget package for the second time at 3:30 p.m. on May 7.
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viaThe average temperature of 52.6 degrees was 1.9 degrees above the long-term average.
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Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.
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Cats go for a ride in their owners backpack Monday afternoon in Lewiston.
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Firefighters from Litchfield, Gardiner, Wales and West Gardiner used a tanker relay to extinguish the fire in about 20 minutes.
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Libby replaces longtime staffer Misty Parker, who left earlier this year to take a director's position in Bath.
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The metaphysical shop will close after three years of business in the community.
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Lawmakers agreed to prohibit airlines from charging extra for families to sit together, and they tripled maximum fines for airlines that violate consumer laws.
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Henry Yuen vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community.