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Photos: A Beethoven bicentennial at Colby College
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‘Secret courts and secret decisions’: Calls for transparency in Maine’s child welfare system
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Nation & World
As U.S. spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases
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Overwhelmed educators have ‘nothing left’ for kids in understaffed schools
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Arts & Entertainment
Actor Bernard Hill, of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ has died at 79
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Nation & World
Driver dies after crashing into security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say
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Nation & World
Child dies in Texas flooding
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Nation & World
Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 60, with 101 people missing
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Business
Maine State Credit Union expands commercial lending team, announces key Augusta-area promotions
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Pietroski joins team at Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta
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Augusta-based MaineGeneral Medical Center receives an A grade for patient safety
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at 12:54 PMExactly six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked in the first contest in 112 years with a current and former president competing for the White House.
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at 12:53 PMXi's trip will be closely watched in Washington for signs of diminishing European support for its key foreign policy goals. At the same time, there's increasing uncertainty in Europe about future U.S. support for trans-Atlantic allies.
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at 12:54 PMCity Hall produced a report in April estimating that the concert would bring $57 million into the local economy. Hotel capacity was expected to reach 98% in Copacabana, according to Rio's hotel association.
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at 12:55 PMKing Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people in year after coronationCharles has used his illness to highlight the need for early diagnosis and treatment, showing leadership at a time of personal hardship. In the process, people have begun to see him as a more flesh-and-blood character who faces the same challenges as them, not just an archetype of wealth and privilege.
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at 4:41 PMThe incident comes at a time when Gaza is facing a humanitarian crisis with shortages of food, medicine and other humanitarian items.
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at 12:55 PMIf President Biden meets his target of 125,000 refugees admitted this year, it would be the highest number of arrivals in more than three decades.
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at 12:55 PMIn his Easter address, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to be 'united in one common prayer.'
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at 12:56 PMProtesters left a Pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they might face arrest if they didn’t go.
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at 12:56 PMThe United Methodist Church, which stripped out its bans and related social teachings over the past two weeks, is the last of the major mainline church bodies to go through this process.
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The current pricing system for distilled spirits gives the director of the state liquor agency wide discretion to set prices, but a new law is intended to increase transparency and oversight.
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Two survivors share their losses, triumphs and hopes after recovering from brain injuries caused by motorcycle crashes.
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May 4The University of Maine System handed out thousands of degrees in ceremonies in Orono, Augusta, Farmington, Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Portland and Machias.
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at 8:07 AMKeynote speaker Monica Wood told UMF's 2024 graduating seniors to 'sweat the small stuff' on Saturday at their commencement ceremony as over 300 students received their bachelor's and master's degrees.
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at 6:11 PMCollege professors condemned severe responses by universities and police to protests across the country and called on the school to honor a referendum that students are voting on this week.
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May 4
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at 8:06 AM'A joyful day' for college as it recognizes its first Black and gay leader.
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May 4He has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable.
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The commander of Ukraine's ground forces, Gen. Oleksandr Pavlyuk, is also on the list, Russian state media reports.
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May 4The celebration with widely misunderstood origins is barely recognized south of the border.
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May 4It hasn't happened in almost anyone's lifetime: two presidents squaring off in one election.
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May 4Grace Leavitt, president of the Maine Education Association, was the class of 2024 commencement speaker.
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May 4A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion.
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May 4In other developments Saturday, protesters took down an encampment at Tufts University near Boston.
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May 4The incident was reported just after 7 p.m. Friday on New Portland Road in North Anson.
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May 4Saturday's annual meeting is the first since Vice Chairman Charlie Munger died.
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May 4In some areas, waters from the nearby San Jacinto River rose from about 1 foot Friday to about 4 feet Saturday.
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May 4A deadly shootout in Charlotte that left five dead illustrates how smartphone-wielding bystanders don’t always run for cover.
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May 4A Hamas delegation has arrived in Cairo, and Egyptian state media say there has been 'noticeable progress' in cease-fire talks with Israel.
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May 4Not a single person is seen in the footage obtained late Friday, and no building in Ocheretyne appears to have been left untouched by the fighting.
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May 4The Democrat and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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May 4The annual town meeting was held Saturday at the Irving Tanning Community Center on Elm Street.
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May 4The group is pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted.
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May 4
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May 4A look at some of the highlights from the past week.
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May 4The fire was first reported late Friday night at 6 Front Place off Front Street and firefighters extinguished the fire by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, but returned later in the morning after the flames had rekindled.
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May 3The district has nearly $250,000 in debt and no trustees.
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May 4BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.
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May 3'Dreamers' will be able to access tax breaks when they sign up for health care this fall.
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May 3Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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May 3Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed 4 unarmed students and wounded 9 others on May 4, 1970.
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May 3The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have 'irreversible consequences' for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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May 3Eleven people with ties to Maine have been charged, and most sentenced, for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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May 3The Kennebec Water District said crews were working at 'a very challenging site' and did not know when water service would be restored to the impacted areas.
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May 3Benjamin Bowden, 26, was arrested Friday on 5 misdemeanor charges for allegedly participating with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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May 3Gov. Jeff Landry clapped back, posting 'You can't always get what you want.'
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May 3Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for April 26-May 3, 2024.
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May 3The Fed has been delaying any consideration of interest rate cuts until it gains more confidence that inflation is steadily slowing.
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May 3Her remarks serve as a sort of warning for business leaders who may overlook Trump’s disregard for modern democratic norms because they prefer the former president's vision of achieving growth by slashing taxes.
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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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at 12:04 PMThe 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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at 5:39 PMVet At Your Door, which offers at-home veterinary services, adds Farmington to its ongoing list of towns in its service area.
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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.