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College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
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Kittery Trading Post threatens to move firearms sales to New Hampshire over new gun law
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Here are the Mainers accused of participating in Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol
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Orrington man is the latest Mainer to face charges after storming of the U.S. Capitol
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Auburn to vote on next year’s $121.8 million budget
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No candidates on ballot for two seats on Androscoggin County Commission
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Dirigo Elementary School Principal Charlie Swan is recognized Friday.
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The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar.
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The former aide said Donald Trump was worried about his wife Melania's reaction to alleged affairs.
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Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed 4 unarmed students and wounded 9 others on May 4, 1970.
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Gov. Jeff Landry clapped back, posting 'You can't always get what you want.'
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Her remarks serve as a sort of warning for business leaders who may overlook Trump’s disregard for modern democratic norms because they prefer the former president's vision of achieving growth by slashing taxes.
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Future war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the U.S. the ability to penetrate airspace without high risk to pilot lives.
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The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Rockport on May 30.
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The April 25 shooting occurred in the area of 84 College St. shortly before midnight. Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots, roughly a dozen, fired near the intersection of College and Sabattus streets.
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The biggest antitrust trial in more than two decades has revolved around how much Google derives its strength from contracts with companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine preloaded on cellphones and computers.
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The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy.
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The agreements to even discuss divestment mark a major shift on an issue that has been controversial for years, with opponents of a long-running campaign to boycott Israel saying it veers into antisemitism.
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Like many Americans, Jewish students’ views on the war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are wide-ranging and often nuanced.
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Patrick J. Barr, 53, was arrested by a state fire investigator Thursday on a charge of arson.
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A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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The support of fans from Maine and around the country has helped propel Gagnon to the final seven contestants. She'll next appear on the show Sunday.
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The U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday that federal authorities are investigating an estimated 100 illegal growing sites in Maine, as well as similar activities in 19 other states.
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Jurors on Thursday heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump.
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Scientists want to learn how the weather and other wildlife influence deer tick populations and the health risks to humans. The state already has recorded 261 Lyme disease cases this year.
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Six months into bargaining, administrators and the union have reached tentative agreements on just two of 22 contract issues.
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After the moose was tranquilized, Blanchette's Moving and Storage helped Lewiston Public Works lift it into a warden's truck.
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Over more than 30 books, Auster often used New York as a backdrop for stories of characters struggling to make sense of life’s random chaos.
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A tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel crashed in Norwalk on Thursday morning. There were no injuries but there was significant damage to a highway overpass, which must now be demolished.
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The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about 3 weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s decision to order out all U.S. troops.
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Thompson has worked for the Gorham Police Department for the past 30 years.
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One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
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In 2022, just 4.5% of calls that came into Maine fire departments were for fires. Almost three-quarters were for medical assistance.
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The adult education budget of $425,784 also passed.
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Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn't yet seen an animal treat itself in this way.
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The current proposal would bring an immediate six-week cease-fire in Gaza and partial release of Israeli hostages.
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The council is set to vote in a first reading Tuesday on the spending plan.
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He was chairman of the Rumford Center Village Improvement Society tor more than two decades.
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The disease may spread more easily spread among people but it seems to have a lower death rate, authorities said.
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Parents are supposed to have 10 to 14 days to respond to accusations, but instead are sometimes waiting weeks or months while their children are placed elsewhere.
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Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him – head first and face down – into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace.
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The money for St. Mary's Regional Medical Center will go toward renovations to its addiction rehabilitation program that will help improve patient care and support staff.
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There are not enough appointments available for people whether they have MaineCare insurance, private insurance or are self-pay patients, according to the Maine Dental Association.
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The effort to repeal the long-dormant law, which bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life, won final legislative approval on Wednesday.
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President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.
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A Bates College student walks through campus on a drizzly Thursday afternoon.
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U.S. Central Command said an investigation into the May 3 strike concluded that U.S. forces misidentified the intended al-Qaida target 'and that a civilian, Mr. Lufti Hasan Masto, was struck and killed.'
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The ceremony will be held Saturday at the outdoor amphitheater behind Narrow Gauge Cinemas downtown.
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Meanwhile, authorities say they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the March 26 collapse.
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Joshua Chard, Maine's 2024 Teacher of the Year, was listed among the guests attending the dinner.
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The South Portland shop will be located at the former Bed Bath & Beyond building at 200 Running Hill Road.
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In the last 24 hours, protests that have drawn the most attention were at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday.
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At the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village farm in New Gloucester, sheep are shorn once a year in the spring. This year, the farm has 73 sheep and it took most of a day to shear them all. Shaker Village, which was established in 1783 and is the only active Shaker community in the world, is home to two remaining Shakers, Brother Arnold Hand and Sister June Carpenter. Photos by Portland Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec.
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Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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Put opening day at the Seashore Trolley Museum, an all-Go-Go's musical and brunch at a new restaurant on your calendar.