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The world’s largest 3D printer is at UMaine. It just unveiled an even bigger one
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Gov. Mills signs bill protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
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Proposal for separate child welfare department dies after Maine House fails to take action
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CrimeSagadahoc deputy says Army downplayed concerns about Lewiston shooter
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Arrests listed from April 19-22, 2024, at the Franklin County Detention Center.
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If the court sides with Starbucks, it could make it tougher for the federal labor board to step in when it alleges corporate interference in unionization efforts.
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Prosecutors called the messages a 'deliberate flouting' of the court’s prohibition and requested a $1,000 fine for each one.
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The Bowdoin College graduate has spent over a year behind bars.
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Schools struggle with where to draw the line between allowing free expression while maintaining safe and inclusive campuses.
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David Pecker is the first witness in Trump's historic hush money trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments meant to prevent harmful stories from surfacing.
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New England chapters of the Christian Motorcyclists Association gathering for annual fundraiser.
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After advancing to the top 12 on Sunday, Gagnon sang 'Something in the Orange' by Zach Bryan on Monday night, earning a place in the top 10.
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The budget bill includes funding for storm relief, investments in affordable and emergency housing, a new minimum wage for education technicians and school support staff, and more.
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U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.
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Assaults on transit workers have tripled over the last 15 years, according to research from the Urban Institute, making it more difficult for public agencies to recruit and retain their workers.
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The 2 victims were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through Libby, Montana.
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The hearing will resume Wednesday morning with testimony and closing arguments.
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Make a Difference Day will involve all students and staff for the first time.
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Chairman Lance Harvell of Farmington issued a verbal apology and a written apology to Keith Amato of Wilton on April 16.
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The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities.
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The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized.
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The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts
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Alex Jackson, 34, had been missing for nearly a year before his remains were found Friday. Joseph Chute, of Leeds, had been arrested and charged with murder following Jackson's disappearance.
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At one time, John Gendron eyed a 1,100-unit development on the site, but the proposal set off a communitywide debate over water quality that included a lawsuit between Lewiston and the Auburn Water District.
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Arrests listed from April 2 through April 18.
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City officials issued a cease-and-desist order on April 12 after a finding spa was violating the city's Adult Business Establishment ordinance.
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Maine's programs are intended to bring solar power to renters and homeowners, rural and urban households and others that may not be well-suited for on-site solar.
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Threats to election offices that have been an alarming consequence of Trump's false claims about his 2020 loss loom as a perilous wildcard for the thousands of local government workers who will oversee the election this fall.
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Several people removed trash from the sides of the roads and other areas.
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The 60 funded recipients, including the Maine Governor's Energy Office, will serve 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday put legislation requiring ByteDance to divest its ownership stake in TikTok on a fast track to become law.
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A 3-year-old is expected to survive after falling from a Pierce Street residence, police say.
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A group of 9 boys broke out of the building in South Portland in January but never left the grounds, police said.
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Environmentalists say that in 5 years, regulators have adopted only 2 rules aimed at Maine’s Climate Law’s requirements, and not a single rule to scale back pollution from tailpipe emissions.
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Developer plans 377 market rate apartments, commercial spaces and restaurant space for the massive mill complex.
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Twenty-nine nonprofits each received $63,000 from a $1.9 million fund created with donations after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting.
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Scarborough, Brunswick and Wells are among the communities in Maine that will get funding to conserve areas affected by climate change.
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At issue is a federal regulation that changed the definition of a firearm to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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Soboleski questions House passage of foreign aid bills and why his primary opponent has remained mum on the issue.
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Health officials said rules would protect the privacy of women seeking abortions from Republican prosecutors who have threatened to crack down on the procedure.
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Two bottles of cherries, buried for about 250 years, have been found at Mount Vernon.
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Aharon Haliva, head of military intelligence, handed in his resignation. He’s the first senior Israeli official to step down over the assault by Hamas.
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Fire crews battled two fires Monday morning, one a 3-story home on Main Street and the other a spreading garage fire on Bisbee Street.
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Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and could face four years in prison if convicted, though it’s not clear if the judge would seek to put him behind bars.
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In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking.
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The $18 million pilot initiative is meant to curb evictions. About 2,400 people and families will qualify.
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UMaine schools are part of a national trend where acceptance offers are made to select students who never officially applied. So far, nearly 300 students who received the UMaine offers have enrolled.
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Greater Portland Health's medication-assisted treatment program offers shelter guests access to Suboxone in an effort to treat addiction and reduce deadly overdoses.
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A Boston native, he was a resident of Cape Elizabeth at the time of his death.
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On the strength of a Whitney Houston song, Gagnon inches one step closer to making the top 10.
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The globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent became one of America’s longest-held hostages.
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Xisen Guo, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, faces charges after a bust in rural Penobscot County. A detention hearing is scheduled for Monday.
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Joy Cumming, 53, and her mother, Jean Robinson, 76, were found dead in December 2023 at the home they shared on Red Schoolhouse Road.
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After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years.