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Angus King, Jared Golden called ‘centrists’ who deserve reelection
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Manchester fire chief charged with pretending to be law enforcement officer
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Bicyclist on 700-mile trek for peace, aid in Gaza pedals through central Maine
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Peter Mills stepping down as head of Maine Turnpike Authority
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Judge in Trump classified documents case grants his request for one hearing, denies bid for another
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Pingree, other lawmakers draw attention to fast fashion’s toll on the environment
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Maine’s community colleges receive $75 million grant to expand short-term workforce training
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Oklahoma public schools leader orders schools to incorporate Bible instruction
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Embden man injured in single-vehicle crash in North Anson
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Boeing sanctioned by U.S. for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation
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Harrison man killed in single-vehicle crash
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June 27Judge Timothy Fancourt said it was troubling that all communications between the Duke of Sussex and writer J.R. Moehringer, along with all drafts of the best-selling 'Spare,' were destroyed.
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June 27The Kennebec Roofing Industrial Annex will accommodate 10 storefronts, and plans are underway for more office space and a multi-sport facility.
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June 27U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said Thursday a Texas judge's ruling that victim Jesse Lewis' family could start collecting on the settlement conflicts with federal bankruptcy law.
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June 27Bolivian President Luis Arce has denied being behind an attempted coup against him, lashing out at accusations that he had asked for the mutiny in a plan to boost his popularity.
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June 27When Tyler Anderson was arrested, a spokesperson for Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that texts were directed at his campaign.
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June 27The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.
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June 27The ruling came a day after an opinion was briefly posted on the court's website accidentally and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg.
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June 27The high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years.
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June 27The settlement would have shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
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June 27Israel's war in Gaza has decimated the strip's sanitation system while simultaneously displacing the vast majority of the population, leaving many Palestinians living in tent camps nearby water contaminated with sewage and growing piles of garbage.
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June 27America’s auto industry has grown concerned that Chinese carmakers may be preparing to set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules.
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June 27Wednesday’s rebellion followed months of tensions, with economic hardship and protests growing ever stronger.
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June 27The state's only aquarium reopened Wednesday and features new exhibits and research about the Gulf of Maine.
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June 26Four years ago, then-President Trump arrived at the first debate with Joe Biden in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll Biden at every turn
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Law enforcement services throughout Franklin County will continue to be provided during the training.
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June 27Select Board approves money for police recruitment video.
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June 26Town officials cited concerns over not hiring the employees, liability, insurances and other legalities.
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June 26Amazon now joins Google's parent Alphabet, software behemoth Microsoft, iPhone maker Apple, and AI chip maker Nvidia among companies with valuations of at least $2 trillion.
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June 26Wednesday’s rebellion followed months of tensions, with economic hardship and protests growing ever stronger.
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June 26Jurors have to consider whether the sometimes tiny bits of evidence – pieces of a broken tail light, a single human hair – point to the girlfriend’s guilt, or a sprawling cover-up by law enforcement officers.
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June 26President Biden points to the legislation as an example of investing in alternative energy in ways that'll help the environment and lift the economy. But one solar company shows how that legislation can yield mammoth returns to the well-connected.
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June 26This week, Boeing said the Starliner capsule's problems aren’t a concern for the return trip and 'the astronauts are not stranded.'
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June 26An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases
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June 26Fentanyl poisoning has been the leading cause of death for Americans between age 18 and 45 since 2019, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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June 26Robert Fanning, 39, was arrested June 14 by the Oxford County Sheriff's Office.
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June 27About a dozen employees from Huhtamaki were volunteering Wednesday to help frame up the structure.
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June 26Based on a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted prematurely, it does not appear likely the court will fully resolve the issues at the heart of the case.
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June 26James Nile, 32, was charged Tuesday night with OUI and released from jail Wednesday morning on $300 bail.
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June 26Capitol City Manor, a 29-bed facility on State Street, was under investigation in recent months for reports of abuse and neglect.
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June 26The case is among several before the court this term that affect social media companies in the context of free speech.
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June 26Brian Woodbury apparently struggled with Leein Hinkley at Woodbury's friend's home June 15 before explosions and a blaze destroyed the house.
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June 26Only minor injuries were reported. Investigators were headed to the scene of the crash.
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June 26The party is focusing on Senate seats in Auburn and Augusta, which are currently held by Republicans who are not seeking reelection.
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June 26'WikiLeaks’s work will continue and Mr. Assange, I have no doubt, will be a continuing force for freedom of speech and transparency in government,' one of his lawyers says.
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June 26Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.
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June 26U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found that a top U.S. bakery listed ingredients on labels even when they weren't in the foods.
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June 26Questions about traffic and noise were raised Tuesday as the board considered an informal preapplication for a food truck court on Kennedy Memorial Drive.
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June 26Voters on Tuesday approved raising and appropriating $158,071 for general government, which had been left off the June 10 town meeting warrant due to a typographical error.
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June 26One of the motivations behind the mandala is to help the Lewiston-Auburn community recover from the trauma of the 2023 mass shooting.
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June 25Medical workers report 5 people have been killed, but no official number has been provided.
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June 25The prime minister would struggle to pull together a ruling coalition without the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties, who oppose any change to the system.
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June 26Maine also filled 9,300 nonfarm jobs from May 2023 to May 2024, in large part thanks to gains in Maine's health care and social assistance sector.
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June 25The town's Marijuana Committee recommends a 50-foot setback with a 5-acre parcel.
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June 26Berry, a well-known real estate agent, had served on the council since 2014 and voiced interest on topics including affordable housing, taxes and education.
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June 25When he was found in his Litchfield home on May 18, Gerald Marin had been dead more than a week, police say in the criminal complaint charging Shari Allimah with murder.
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June 25The Israeli military claims it's trying to facilitate aid shipments but that Hamas is disrupting them.
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June 25Nathan Morris, 27, of Norridgewock, was issued a summons for operating under the influence, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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June 26My Dad's Place, owned by Lynn and Matt Brennick, will be featured on 'America's Best Restaurants' show.
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June 25Enhanced background checks under the new law have stopped roughly 800 sales of firearms to people under age 21 who would be prohibited from buying them.
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June 25Waterville police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency searched an Silver Street apartment on Thursday.
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June 25Randal J. Hennessey, 33, is accusing of killing his landlord Douglas 'Doug' Michaud Jr. in 2021 on their building's front porch.
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June 25The labor market remains healthy but future slowing could trigger higher unemployment.
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June 25This is the second humpback whale found dead in Maine waters this month.
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June 25Jonathan Dodge was found dead at a home on Saturday.
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June 25The changes allow the former president to comment about witnesses and jurors, but not court and prosecution staff members.
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June 26James Wells got down on one wet knee to ask Olympic gold medal swimmer Lilly King to marry him. She said yes.
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June 26The van is operated by Greater Portland Health, which serves vulnerable communities in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook.
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June 25Harley Lausier, 20, and an 18-month-old girl in a car seat in the rear passenger side, both died at the scene.
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June 25Dr. Vivek Murthy calls on the U.S. to ban automatic rifles, introduce universal background checks for purchasing guns, regulate the industry, pass laws that would restrict their use in public spaces and penalize people who fail to safely store their weapons.
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June 25Lawyers were due to deliver closing arguments Tuesday before jurors tasked with sifting the wildly differing accounts of the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
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June 25The Union of Concerned Scientists predicts that high-tide flooding caused by rising seas will hit critical facilities with a few years if emissions stay the same.
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June 25Maine State Police are investigating the death in northern Aroostook County and say there is no danger to the public.
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June 24The town has not yet determined what species of whale it is.
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June 24Assange will plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the Justice Department said in a letter filed in court.
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June 26The 27th annual Liberty Festival is set for three days around Independence Day in the Twin Cities. This year's lineup includes fireworks and a performance by American Idol contestant Julia Gagnon.
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June 24What do you do when it's too hot for the traditional end-of-camp bonfire?
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June 24This is the court’s traditional last week before its summer break, when it often delivers decisions in the most closely watched cases.
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June 25A new summer softball tournament to raise funds for multiple homeless veteran organizations is happening this weekend at the softball fields in Bath.
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June 24A month before the fatal shooting occurred, the student had been expelled from the school for ongoing issues with professors after receiving a bad grade.
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June 24Opponents argue that the law is a violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian.
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June 24If convicted, prosecutors said they will request a life sentence for Randal J. Hennessey. He doesn't dispute shooting Douglas Michaud Jr. at least 6 times on their apartment building's front porch in 2021.
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June 24The fire occurred in a free-standing workshop at 61 Elm St. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will confirm the identity of the deceased, who has been preliminarily been identified as 76-year-old Dwight Russell.
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June 24The former South Portland High School student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal solicitation for murder.
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June 24The Kennebec County grand jury indictments for June.
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June 25Josh Forester, 48, of Cornville, is the new executive director of the Humane Society Waterville Area at 100 Webb Road in Waterville.
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June 24Five years after the 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 90% of the homes here, residents of Paradise, California, face a new struggle: Finding homeowner's insurance.
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June 24The survey found 66% of Latinos ages 25 to 39 are worried about paying next month’s rent or mortgage bill.