Gross domestic product is projected to have grown at an annual rate of 4.5% last quarter, more than double the pace in the prior period, according to a Bloomberg survey.
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Posted inNation / World, News
Environmental groups reject deep-sea mining as key UN meeting looms
The development of clean energy technologies is driving up demand for metals such as copper, nickel and cobalt that mining companies say can be extracted from more than 600 feet below sea level.
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Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating
While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage, experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.
Posted inCommunity Sports, Sports
Contractor’s Hockey League standings and results
Contractor’s Hockey League standings as of Sunday, Oct. 22: 1. Saint’s Paint Plus 3-1-1, 7 points; 2. Blake Thermal S&S 3-2-0, 6 points; 2. Pratte Drywall 2-1-2, 6 points; 4. DR Caron 2-3-0, 4 points; 4. I.D.S. 2-3-0 4 points; 6. LA Concrete 1-2-1, 3 points. Sunday, Oct. 22 results: LA Concrete 2, Pratte Drywall […]
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Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker
A lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, Johnson had rallied Republicans around Trump’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Panel drops ethics complaint against Maine Senate president
The Maine Ethics Commission voted to not investigate a complaint about Sen. Troy Jackson’s purchase of a house in Augusta in 2019.
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Sports Digest: Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics
The race will end in Nice because of a clash with the Olympics.
Posted inMaine, News
One-third of Maine workers are struggling to make ends meet, report says
And that doesn’t include the 12% of Maine people living below the poverty line.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Maine asks for federal waiver to let asylum seekers go to work
Although there is no provision for such waivers, the request comes as advocates lobby Congress to support a bill sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree to shorten the waiting time for work permits.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls soccer: Mt. Ararat races past Oxford Hills
No. 4 Eagles advance to A North semifinals.