Dragon Products has been fined more than $360,000 since 2020 for mine safety and health violations.
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Cleanup begins after asphalt binder spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River after train derailment
Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency said cleanup efforts began on Sunday, with workers cooling the gooey material with river water, rolling it up, and putting the globs into garbage bags.
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Maine passes bill to curb recording of attorney-client phone calls in jails
The legislation, which still needs the governor’s signature, would require county jails to maintain a registry of attorney contact information.
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Golf roundup: Rickie Fowler wins in playoff to end drought
Fowler beats Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin on the first playoff hole for his first victory since 2019.
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Joseph Gerry, longtime Catholic bishop of Portland, dies at 94
The longtime church leader, who served as Portland bishop for 15 years, died Sunday at a nursing care center in New Hampshire.
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Police search for prisoner who escaped in Norway
Natasha Kaufmann, 29, was in the custody of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office when she escaped Sunday afternoon from the Stephens Memorial Hospital emergency room, where she had been taken for stomach pain, according to officials.
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Guilty pleas entered in burglary ring that stole art, other items including Warhol, Pollock
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced charges in June against nine Lackawanna County residents in 18 heists from art, historical, and sports museums and other institutions in six states between 1999 and 2019.
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Wimbledon notebook: Nick Kyrgios withdraws on eve of tournament
Kyrgios, the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022, will miss the tournament with a wrist injury.
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Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Moviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Ford’s archaeologist character in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
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Karen Allen on one last hurrah as Marion Ravenwood in ‘Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny’
Since 1981’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Allen has been only a sporadic presence in the subsequent sequels. But the glow of the freckled, big-eyed actor who so memorably played Marion Ravenwood has only grown stronger over time.