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Why the nation’s eyes will be drawn to Maine’s 2nd House District race this fall
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Residents filled the Phillips Area Community Center to vote on 41 articles.
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David Roy, 61, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was killed Saturday evening when a vehicle drove onto Route 26 in the path of Roy's motorcycle.
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The periodical cicadas that have blanketed parts of the Midwest this spring are strange creatures, but they have nothing on some of their superfans.
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Massad Boulos, a Lebanese businessman whose son married Tiffany Trump 2 years ago, is now helping the Republican campaign with outreach in the Arab American community.
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At least 1,200 people have evacuated with warnings issued to nearby communities.
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Fourteen pilgrims from Jordan died from sunstroke, and a spokesman for the Saudi Health Ministry said more than 2,760 pilgrims suffered from sunstroke and heat stress Sunday alone.
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Fire crews were called around 3 p.m. Sunday to 408 Upper St. for a fire.
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Gilles Anctil, 81, died Saturday morning after the boom and bucket he was operating while trimming trees touched electrical wires.
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The victims range in age from 17 to 22 years old, officials said. Two of them were in critical condition.
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More than 2,750 men have been released from Ukrainian prisons since the parliament adopted a law in May authorizing certain convicts to enlist, including those jailed for dealing drugs, stealing phones and committing armed assaults and murders, among other serious crimes.
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The hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement.
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Sun Journal photographers select some of their favorite images from last week.
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An altercation began between two groups during a concert at the event and someone started shooting, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said during a news conference at the scene.
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Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars have headlined a glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden, helping raise what his reelection campaign said was $28 million and hoping to energize would-be supporters ahead of a November election that they argued was among the most important in the nation’s history
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Analysts suspected the two-day conference would have little concrete impact toward ending the war because Russia, was not invited. China, which did not attend, and Brazil have jointly sought to plot alternative routes toward peace.
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Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aidThe army said the pause would begin at 8 a.m. and last until 7 p.m. It said the pauses would be daily until further notice.
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Nine people were injured in Saturday's shooting, including an 8-year-old boy and his mother, both of whom were said to be in critical condition.
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Firsthand reports by individual Lewiston, Auburn and Androscoggin County officers describe courage, caring in the horrific first hours.
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The state says it can't afford to mitigate PFAS issues at homes near sludge hot spots that pass state drinking water standards but fail the new federal ones.
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The town plans to celebrate its 225th birthday on June 22.
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Leein Amos Hinkley, 42, was shot and killed Saturday morning during a standoff stemming from an overnight assault and arson, said local and state police Saturday afternoon.
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The 2024 Moose Permit Lottery winners database is searchable by hunter's name or hometown.
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Saturday’s explosion took place in Rafah, a southern city that Israel has identified as Hamas’ last major stronghold.
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Over 12 years, Margit Ahlin and Al D'Andrea made treks to 444 post offices, including on islands and in convenience stores.
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State Rep. Austin Theriault urges graduates at Buckfield’s commencement to embrace life’s challengesAs the guest speaker at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School's commencement Friday, Theriault talked to the graduating class about the importance of challenge, stress and hardship in developing character and teaching valuable life lessons.
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Authorities were still searching for the 4 people reported missing.
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More than 2,500 people have been killed or injured across Haiti in the first three months of the year as gang violence continues to surge.
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Who would and wouldn't show up was a point of intrigue about a meeting that critics said would be pointless without the presence of Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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Temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic and New England will likely peak in the mid- to upper 90s, which is 'nothing to sneeze at even in the middle of the summer, let alone this early in the summer,' said one meteorologist.
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A burst of corporate pledges to address emissions had sent a niche market, still only worth about $1 billion today, into a full-fledged rally.
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The state has enacted the first state law requiring fossil fuel firms to pay for damages caused by climate change. Will it survive a near-certain legal challenge?
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Republican senators’ embrace of the former president comes after years of ups and downs.
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Kate disclosed in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer.
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Leein Amos Hinkley, 43, was shot dead by police during the hourslong standoff on Russell Avenue in Auburn early Saturday morning.
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Although AI is increasingly used in agriculture in large swathes of the developed world, from China to the US and Europe, its emergence in poorer nations and for subsistence farmers is relatively new.
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District Judge Sarah Churchill likely became the first jurist in the state to dismiss charges because a defendant's right to counsel had been violated.
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Record-breaking heat could affect millions across the Ohio Valley and East Coast with heat indexes over 100 reaching as far north as Canada’s Hudson Bay.
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Many were happy to have good weather for the first day.
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Residents cited safety conditions and noise as issues against the request.
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Las Vegas shooting survivors alarmed at U.S. Supreme Court’s strike down of ban on rifle bump stocksThe Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire accessory that allows a rate of fire comparable to that of machine guns, was nixed in a 6-3 majority opinion.
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His African National Congress party will now co-govern South Africa, marking the nation's first coalition in which no party has a majority.
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Residents, School Committee members and school staff gave impassioned speeches at Thursday’s meeting about the school budget.
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The victim says the 2018 assault completely changed her life.
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The building made famous by a 1965 Muhammad Ali fight was last sold in 2020, prior to the addition of dormitories for the Nordiques Academy and other renovations.
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The four-term state senator, state representative and union leader is running to represent northern Oxford and western Franklin County.
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'We are working together and with others to address the pressing challenges of our time,' the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations said on the summit's last day.
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Members of the National Shattering Silence Coalition, including former state legislator John Nutting, have urged the commission investigating the shooting to promote expanding use of Maine's progressive treatment program.