Flu cases accelerated last week and are now being recorded in all 16 Maine counties, with York and Aroostook the hardest hit.
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Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate
Researchers are crediting advances in lung-tumor treatments.
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Gov. Mills grants full pardon to late tribal attorney Donald Gellers
Maine’s first known posthumous pardon brings closure to a 1968 case that was one of the most sordid in the state’s legal history.
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George Ferguson: My hopes and dreams for 2020
1. Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad and England’s prime minister sail off into the sunset, never to be heard from again. 2. All the people Trump fired (maybe the only honest ones) come back and run the country. 3. Get rid of all political parties forever. 4. Send all congressmen home to […]
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Celtics lose to lowly Wizards
Boston plays without Kemba Walker and loses to Washington, 99-94.
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WMTW back on DirecTV after 2-day blackout
The local ABC affiliate was pulled from the satellite TV service’s lineup on Friday because of a contract dispute.
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Bolton ‘prepared to testify’ if subpoenaed in Senate trial
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s statement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stalling House-passed articles of impeachment against Trump in a bid to get new witnesses to testify.
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Biddeford, Mechanics savings banks merge
Maine Community Bank plans to keep all 10 branches open, and has no plans to lay off employees, its CEO says.
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World markets slide on alarm over rising Mideast tensions
Global shares are lower on concern over escalating tensions in the Middle East following the killing by a U.S. air strike of an Iranian general.
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Portland schools, city continue work on body camera negotiations
The police chief stressed a desire to start using the cameras right away at a board meeting in November, but school officials say there is no firm timeline for working out an agreement governing the rules for their use.