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Finding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation
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Business
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
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Local & State
Minor injuries reported in Oakland crash between two vehicles
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Local & State
35% of Vassalboro sewer customers behind on bills with rate increases still to come
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Business
Cicada salad, anyone? The monstrous little noisemakers descend on a New Orleans menu
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Business
France asks retailers to alert customers to cases of ‘shrinkflation’
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Business
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
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Business
BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
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Business
Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
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Local & State
UMaine student hit by university vehicle on Orono campus
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Nation & World
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump’s hush money trial in New York
MORE STORIES FROM MAINE, THE NATION AND THE WORLD
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at 12:44 PMAmong those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s 'Neighbours.'
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at 12:25 PMThe band's Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.
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at 1:31 PMFriday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94.
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at 11:33 AMMaine Department of Labor reports little change in job market conditions in March, with non-farm jobs reaching the second-highest number on record.
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2 mins agoA passerby reported the fire around 12:29 a.m. Friday, as the back of the hotel was engulfed in flames.
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at 12:50 PMAnalysts said the relatively limited scope of the Israeli attack and the subdued response by Iran seemed to indicate the threat of an immediate escalation had diminished.
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To shorten trip times, the operator of the Amtrak Downeaster is considering relocating the Portland station to one of 3 sites along St. John Street.
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54 mins agoSisters Caitlyn and Kayla Bragg discuss the grief and agony their family has felt since the Dec. 27 killing of their mother, Angela Bragg.
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at 8:54 AMBut the full Legislature never took up a proposal for a red flag law that would give families, in addition to law enforcement, the ability to restrict a person's access to weapons without a mental health evaluation.
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April 18The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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April 18Police said 108 people were charged with trespassing at the private Ivy League institution. Some students said they were also suspended from the university.
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at 12:58 PMAt the start of public viewing Thursday, friends and old political allies spoke of his varied facets: politician, working-class Irishman and lifelong Portland resident.
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April 18It’s the latest legal setback for the presumptive Republican nominee, whose trial in a separate case related to hush money payments began this week.
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April 18The $95 billion package has been held up since October by Republican lawmakers resistant to approving more funding for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
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April 18As the USPS plans to consolidate mail processing centers, it's getting pushback from legislators who say they're hearing from constituents unhappy with the proposed changes.
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April 18Old South Church sponsors a number of projects that help make life more comfortable for others.
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April 18The motive remains unclear, and Sanders was not in the office at the time.
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at 8:02 AMLawmakers rejected an effort by the Mills administration to scale back the expansion, preserving benefits for an estimated 45,000 newly eligible low-income Mainers.
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April 18Home prices usually peak in the summer. As the season heats up, real estate experts worry home ownership could grow farther out of reach for many Mainers.
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April 18Maine State Police investigators said they believe speed and "suspected impairment" were factors in the one-vehicle crash.
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April 18Dennis Dechaine is making a bid for a new trial after spending 36 years in prison for the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry.
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April 18If Congress passes the TitkTok legislation, it would be an extraordinary and unusual moment in which both parties unite against one company – something lawmakers are usually reluctant to do.
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April 18The company also adopted strawless lids in 2019, and last year, it said it would accept customer-provided cups for drive-thru and mobile orders in the U.S. and Canada.
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at 9:00 AMWilliam M. Dolley, 52, was arrested at his residence at 167 North Pond Road after a nearly nine-hour standoff, police confirmed Thursday.
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April 18Several people, including a dual Russian-Spanish citizen, have been arrested in Poland on allegations of spying for Russia since Moscow launched its attack on Ukraine in February 2022.
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April 18The county will spend just $30,000 to implement a satellite network that will serve as a backup to county-owned fiber internet that connects the county’s jail, courthouse, and emergency communications center.
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April 18Authorities have not released the exact location of the farmhouse.
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April 18While investigators declined to say which business reported the threat, the incident comes as more than 40 Planet Fitness locations across the United States have been targeted by similar hoax threats in the wake of a social media campaign against the company's trans-inclusive locker room policy.
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April 18Gov. Janet Mills says she plans to sign the $430 million budget into law and hopes to distribute the winter storm damage relief as soon as possible.
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April 18Lawmakers on Capitol Hill also have been quickly pushing forward legislation that would financially punish the Islamic Republic and its leaders.
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April 18The jury includes a sales professional, a software engineer, a security engineer, an English teacher, a speech therapist, multiple lawyers, an investment banker and a retired wealth manager.
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The state is intervening in a lawsuit after a Maine company asked a federal judge to 'arrest' a sunken ship from the 1800s that it wants to salvage.
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April 18Dechaine, who was convicted in 1989 of killing Sarah Cherry, will be in court Thursday and Friday in Rockland to ask for a new trial based on new DNA evidence.
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Marianne Smyth, who also claimed to be an Irish heiress and a witch, was arrested in Maine in February.
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April 17The Maine Warden Service is investigating the accident.
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April 18Both chambers of the Maine Legislature voted to add $60 million in storm relief into the budget proposal, but the Senate also added $7 million in additional spending on other items.
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April 18A dozen House members reversed themselves from an April 9 vote that rejected changes in environmental rules, in order to allow an offshore wind terminal to be built.
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April 18The proposal would give family members a path toward restricting access to weapons for a person in crisis without a mental health evaluation.
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April 18It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the hours-long standoff Wednesday on North Pond Road.
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April 17A report released Tuesday by Western Fire Chiefs Association detailed the unprecedented challenges facing the Maui Fire Department during the series of blazes, including one that killed 101 people in the historic town of Lahaina.
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April 17Federal infrastructure money is up for grabs as the region pursues clean energy transmission and battery storage projects.
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April 18State mental health officials oppose the petition of Enoch Petrucelly, 38, who fatally stabbed his brother in 2008 on North Haven Island in Knox County.
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April 17Most of the more than 35,000 workers at the Disneyland Resort, which includes the theme parks, already have unions.
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April 18While many central Maine school districts saw their budgets rise by nearly 10% this year, RSU 18 administrators say they avoided the funding cliff by investing in short-term projects.
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April 17They are accused in a scheme in which $14.5 million in gold bars and $1.8 million in cash was stolen.
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The effort is nationwide, and in February, a federal appeals court ruled that Maine had to release its voter rolls to the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
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April 17The incident, which took place following the sentencing last week of Jason Servil to 45 years for the murder of Alice Abbott, also raises questions about court security.
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April 18The state's business leaders fiercely opposed the restrictions they said would have limited their ability to target ads to potential customers.
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April 17The Republican speaker is expected to start a dayslong push to vote on 3 funding packages for Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a several other foreign policy proposals in a 4th bill.
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April 17A routine practice dating back centuries, the general average declaration marks the ship owner’s latest effort to minimize its financial responsibility.
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April 17Since a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft suffered the loss of the fuselage section, the FAA has tightened oversight of Boeing, forcing the company to slow down production and sending staff into their factories to review processes.
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April 17That legislation could increase crude prices by as much as $8.40 a barrel, which would add 20 cents per gallon for gasoline if the sanctions were passed into law and enforced.
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April 17Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attackIsrael’s allies have been urging the country to hold back on any response that could spiral.
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April 17Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against 'bad actors looking to cause harm.'
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April 17The world's poorest countries will suffer 61% bigger income loss than the richest ones, the study calculated.
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April 17Nordic Aquafarms has tried for years to build a $500 million fish farm it says would add jobs and economically benefit the city. But without a guarantee to a parcel of land, it's unclear whether the company can move on the project.
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April 17The governor sent a letter to lawmakers outlining a path forward on two of the most significant items still before the Legislature, which is scheduled to adjourn Wednesday.
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April 17Dongming Liao, 41, was arrested at a residence on Cooley Road and charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana, officials said.
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April 18The Ellsworth City Council determined Glenn Moshier was 'more likely than not' under the influence of alcohol when he went to the police station on the night of Dec. 22.
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April 17The votes effectively end the trial before arguments ever began, an embarrassing defeat for House Republicans and embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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April 17Israel’s war cabinet has spent the last two days debating their next move. Here are some considerations key to their decision.
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April 17Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died.
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April 17Property owner Leo St. Peter still needs approval from the Planning Board to build the solar garden.
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April 16A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills allows the public to access records about hazardous materials moving along Maine tracks, but only after a derailment or spill.
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April 16The legislation aims to regulate the collection, use, processing, transfer, sale and deletion of non-publicly available personal data. Business groups say the bill would detach Maine's businesses from the global online marketplace.
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April 16The speaker is considering a complicated approach that would break apart the Senate's $95 billion aid package – for separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
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April 16The speaker is considering a complicated approach that would break apart the Senate's $95 billion aid package – for separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
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April 16While the Senate is obligated to hold a trial under the rules of impeachment once the charges are walked across the Capitol, Democrats are expected to try to dismiss or table the charges.
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April 16The bill had been rejected in the House and Senate, but Sen. Mattie Daughtry asked that it be reconsidered Tuesday. It passed in the Senate only to fail again hours later in the House.
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April 16John Pagurko, 63, and his son-in-law, Michael Davila Rodriguez, 30, face felony charges of kidnapping, robbery and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
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April 16The House voted in support of a bill that would give the team a tax credit of up to $133,000 per year, or $2 million total, over 15 years for upgrades at Hadlock Field.
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April 16Sondheim died at his Roxbury estate in 2021 at age 91.
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April 16Maine's 2nd District congressman says the USPS' plan, which includes shifting some mail processing operations from Hampden to Scarborough, would be detrimental to reliable mail delivery.
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April 17Some courses opened in March, but others like the Augusta Country Club are still waiting for opening day.
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April 17As COVID-era relief funds expire, and costs on everything increase, schools are facing tough choices.