‘I’m the best drunk driver ever,’ the suspect posted in January on social media.
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Senate approves bill to limit ‘dark store’ tax challenges
The bill would give municipalities a way to fight off big-box retailers’ efforts to reduce their municipal tax burden.
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Six teenage girls killed in crash with semi in Oklahoma
TISHOMINGO, Okla. — Six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday. The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi about 12:30 p.m. in Tishomingo, a rural city of about 3,000 located about 100 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, according to […]
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Senate approves college debt relief for first-time homebuyers
Many could have up to $40,000 in student loan debt forgiven through a Maine State Housing Authority program.
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Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
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BuzzFeed cutting jobs; top editors leaving news division
BuzzFeed News is unprofitable but has won awards, including its first Pulitzer last year.
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Elizabeth Holmes looms over trial of former lover, business partner
Claims about its blood-testing technology helped Theranos raise nearly $1 billion before the company collapsed.
Posted inBusiness, New England
Derelict lobster traps in Long Island Sound will be removed
The area’s $12 million industry crashed in 1999, fueled in part by a massive die-off.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID, will not travel to Europe with Biden
She has been fully vaccinated and will isolate at home for five days.
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Seattle Starbucks unionizes in coffee giant’s home city
Meanwhile, Howard Schultz returns as interim CEO.