The fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters was grounded over the past weekend.
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NASA to attempt next Artemis launch Saturday
NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight.
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Kennebec region featured in latest book from South Gardiner historian
“Around the Kennebec Valley: The Herman Bryant Collection,” from Arcadia Publishing brings Gay Grant back to the collection of the photographer who captured images in the Kennebec Valley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents
Whatever their motivations, they play a role in dramatically low birth rates in the U.S.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Uncategorized
Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany is well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies.
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Multiple rescue groups ferry injured Jay hiker to Tumbledown Mountain summit for helicopter airlift
Nicole Stanford, 45, was carried by rescuers to the top of the mountain and put into a Maine Forest Service helicopter to be taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital.
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Maine’s average gas price falls below $4 a gallon for first time since March
The price has dropped by more than a dollar per gallon since peaking in mid-June.
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Student loan relief limited for many by U.S. drug war’s legacy
Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap.
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Danube drought reveals parts of hidden World War II history
The ships, some still laden with munition, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk by the Germans as they retreated from Romania as Soviet forces advanced.
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UMF student finds new passion in crystal collecting
Cylus Hill, owner of an up-and-coming crystals and minerals business, loves the “joyful,” “mind-boggling,” “fascinating nature of crystals.”