Mifepristone, which is used in medication abortion, could be removed from the market as soon as Friday.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Debate over access to police discipline records reaches State House
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee Monday listened to arguments over a bill that would expand public access to the disciplinary records of public employees, including police.
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Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Sea Dogs relief pitcher Theo Denlinger forging a path of his own
Denlinger, who joined the Red Sox organization in February, quotes J.R.R. Tolkien, hammers molten metal and lights up radar guns.
Posted inMaine, News
Lawmakers urged to open a safe consumption site to prevent fatal drug overdoses
While not allowed under federal law, safe consumption sites are opening in at least 2 states and being considered in others as a way to prevent overdose deaths and connect people to medical care and treatment services.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102
Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Public utility referendum question must be reworded, Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules
The questioning about the question continues as the state’s highest court decides the precise language about the creation of a public-owned electric utility.
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
Two hikers from Kennebec County rescued on Appalachian Trail in northern Franklin County
Wardens are warning spring hikers to be prepared for winter conditions still.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Investigators unable to determine cause of fire at Monmouth commercial apple orchard
The fire began in the south end of the garage and workshop of Cooper Farms Holdings facility that was destroyed, but the damage is too extensive to determine the fire’s cause.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox notebook: Adam Duvall placed on IL with broken left wrist
Duvall was injured in Boston’s win Sunday and Bobby Dalbec has been called up from Triple-A.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
U.S. finds WSJ reporter in Russia is wrongfully detained
Russian authorities arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin College graduate, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on March 29.