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Nation & World
Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in ‘Obamacare’ next year
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Schools and Education
College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
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Nation & World
Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests
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Business
Kittery Trading Post threatens to move firearms sales to New Hampshire over new gun law
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Local & State
Here are the Mainers accused of participating in Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol
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Local & State
Water main break in Waterville disrupts service to 60 customers off Kennedy Memorial Drive
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Local & State
Orrington man is the latest Mainer to face charges after storming of the U.S. Capitol
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Arts & Entertainment
Mick Jagger wades into politics, taking verbal jab at Louisiana state governor at performance
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Maine Crime
Central Maine arrest log: April 26-May 3, 2024
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Business
U.S. employers scaled back hiring in April. How that could let Fed cut interest rates
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Business
Yellen says threats to democracy risk U.S. economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
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May 3The increase over the current year is now under 4% after interim Superintendent Bob Webster cut $27,000 from the previous proposal.
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May 3Future 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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May 3The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Rockport on May 30.
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May 3The 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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May 3The 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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May 3The 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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May 3Like 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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May 3Patrick J. Barr, 53, was arrested by a state fire investigator Thursday on a charge of arson.
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May 3A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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May 3The 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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May 3Kennebec Valley Community College to celebrate the graduation of 427 students on May 11 at the Augusta Civic Center.
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May 3The 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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May 3Jurors 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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May 3Clinton police Chief Rusty Bell goes above and beyond to help those in need, even posting his personal cellphone number on social media after two residents took their own lives, urging people to call him if they want to talk.
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May 3Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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May 3The annual town meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Messalonskee Performing Arts Center at Messalonskee High School.
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May 3Scientists 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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May 3A 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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May 2The 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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May 2One 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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May 3In 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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May 2Previous 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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May 2The current proposal would bring an immediate six-week cease-fire in Gaza and partial release of Israeli hostages.
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May 2The disease may spread more easily spread among people but it seems to have a lower death rate, authorities said.
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May 2Parents 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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May 2Jack 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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May 2The 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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May 2U.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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May 2The ceremony will be held Saturday at the outdoor amphitheater behind Narrow Gauge Cinemas downtown.
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May 3Wade Drew Brayman, 65, was sentenced after an unusual series of hearings that lasted more than 17 hours over three days at the Waldo Judicial Center in Belfast.
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May 2An Amazon spokesperson said the company strongly disagrees that 'any part of these comments' were inappropriate.
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May 2Meanwhile, authorities say they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the March 26 collapse.
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May 2A haunting new video released in the early morning hours is the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units.
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May 2The artists include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish.
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May 2Joshua Chard, Maine's 2024 Teacher of the Year, was listed among the guests attending the dinner.
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May 2Production has not rebounded as quickly or strongly as many had hoped.
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May 2In 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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May 2Alabama 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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May 2Firefighters responded to 1026 East Pond Road at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, and had the flames extinguished in 20 to 30 minutes, officials said.
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May 3Augusta police said the 19-year-old man, who was hit while crossing Water Street, near Laurel Street, was being treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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May 2If Israel does agree to end the war in return for a full hostage release, it would be a major turnaround.
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May 2The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016.
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May 2Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide.
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A year after its founder's death, the manufacturer of AR-15-style rifles has relaunched and its new owners are looking forward to rising sales.
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May 2They say increasing the minimum length of a harvestable lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch will prevent them from catching their most popular crustaceans.
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Bettors wagered nearly $14 million more than they did in February, but the state took in about $150,000 less.
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May 2The Kennebec County Budget Committee shaved some spending, identified additional revenue and reduced what will have to be raised through property taxes.
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May 1The decision comes amid updates to U.S. dietary guidelines that generated pushback from Maine lawmakers.
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May 3Roland West, 80, veered out of his lane and into a large rock, leaving him with serious injuries, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office said.
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May 2The site has the most right-angle crashes in the state, with 28 in the past five years, a highway safety engineer said.
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May 1Regulators decided Wednesday that U.S. fishermen will be allowed to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds of the eels per year. That quota will stand through at least 2027.
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May 1Hobbs said in a statement that she looks forward to quickly signing the repeal into law.
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May 1Republicans in Congress have denounced the protests and demanded action to stop them, thrusting university officials into the center of the charged political debate over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
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May 2Colby officials responded to the initial email, sent by a group that calls itself "Colby Action for Palestine."
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May 1Spurwink offers programs for people with intellectual disabilities, substance use disorder, foster care services, among other services.
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May 1The singer posted an emotional video reminding fans that hate has no place in her 'Idol' family.
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May 1Opposition mounted over a proposed 7% budget increase and the hiring of four new positions despite vocal support from educators and promises from the town office that tax bills would not increase this year.
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May 1The Fed chair stressed, as he has before, that the central bank's decision on when to cut rates will depend on the latest economic data.
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May 2Plans for the park on the Skowhegan-Canaan line include building a road with parking on the west side of the park, turning a former social hall into an event venue and outdoor recreation base camp and renovating five aging cabins on the lake.
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May 1Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly railed against several rounds of U.S. and Western sanctions, claiming last year that they are 'illegitimate sanctions' on his country.
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May 1The decision covers 317,000 borrowers who attended the defunct for-profit chain of schools from January 2004 to October 2017.
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May 1Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell also is signaling he will continue to oppose the marijuana banking bill. McConnell has previously helped block the bill.
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May 1Russia provided almost a quarter of the enriched uranium used to fuel America’s fleet of more than 90 commercial reactors, making it the No. 1 foreign supplier.
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May 1Tax credits aimed at cultivating a domestic EV and battery manufacturing industry were a key element of Biden’s signature climate bill.
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May 1Since word got out, owner Carrie Clark has been sharing her cat's story, with advice to microchip your pets and to double-check your Amazon boxes before returning them.
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May 1The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.
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May 1Michael G. Fournier was charged earlier this year as one of more than 1,000 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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May 2'It's as if it didn't happen,' a neighbor said of the Feb. 19 shooting, which resulted in the death of Justin Iraola, 22, of Winslow.
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May 1Johnson has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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May 1Victor Sousa, 25 had pleaded guilty to smuggling methamphetamine pills from Canada and lying about knowing people linked to a federal narcotics investigation.
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May 1Attorney General Merrick Garland recommends loosening restrictions on marijuana, a historic shift in federal drug policy.
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May 1Garrett Joseph Cote Jr., 24, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for the most severe of several charges he faced: Class A aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, court records show.
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May 1Maine's Legislature will reconvene May 10 to take up override votes on a handful of bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills.
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May 1Poland Spring parent company BlueTriton announced the aluminum bottles are part of a long-term sustainability plan.
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May 1Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza have spread across the country in a student movement unlike any other in the 21st century.
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May 1Babies in dispensaries, ID checks at registers and free samples: Businesses say a new law will improve the 'weird' cannabis shopping experience, reduce the stigma and make it akin to buying alcohol.
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May 1The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.