The Dragons were unfazed by the rain and subsequent two-hour halt in the action, as was quadruple winner Anna Connors of Bangor, which won the girls’ team title.
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Justin Turner’s 3-run double helps Red Sox beat MLB-best Rays in doubleheader opener
Justin Turner hit a three-run double in Boston’s six-run sixth inning, and the Red Sox beat the major league-best Tampa Bay Rays 8-5 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader
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Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable
The Ukrainian interior ministry said through its press service Saturday that of the ‘over 4,800’ shelters it had inspected, 252 were locked and a further 893 ‘unfit for use.’
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3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gunbattle at the border
Israel and Egypt have been at peace for over 40 years and have strong security cooperation. Fighting between the sides is extremely rare.
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Key suspect in Natalee Holloway’s case moved to new prison ahead of extradition to U.S.
The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being transferred to a prison near Peru’s capital ahead of his pending extradition to the United States to face charges linked to her vanishing
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U.S. defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
The U.S. has been expanding its activities around the Indo-Pacific to counter sweeping territorial claims from China, including regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and in the South China Sea.
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Debt deal imposes new work requirements for food aid and that frustrates many Democrats
In the end, Democrats warily accepted new requirements for some able-bodied recipients in exchange for food aid. Republicans agreed to drop some work requirements for veterans, homeless people, and others.
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Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default
The bipartisan measure, passed by the House Wednesday and the Senate Thursday, averts the potential of an unprecedented government default that would have rocked the U.S. and global economies.
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Contentious budget negotiations lead to $80 million Augusta budget with 4.7% tax hike
Councilors who voted against the budget said more cuts should have been made and also raised alarms about the accuracy of the school spending plan.
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Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft draft treaty
A coalition of governments and environmental groups want to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040 by slashing production and limiting some chemicals used in making plastics.