Another drop for stocks helped drag Wall Street to its first losing week in the last six.
Steve Ericson
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Is Twitter ready for Europe’s new Big Tech rules? EU official says it has work to do
The Digital Services Act, along with new regulations in the pipeline for data and artificial intelligence, has made Brussels a trailblazer in the growing global movement to clamp down on tech giants.
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Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping
The idea of a global tax on the greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping has been gaining traction and could potentially be adopted at a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization.
Posted inMaine
In Washington County, getting from here to there isn’t so simple
The far-flung county with high poverty rates is searching for solutions to a lack of a comprehensive public transportation system.
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NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX
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Medicaid expansion bill advances in New Hampshire
Four Republicans ended up voting for the Democratic version of the bill.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine may pay lobster fishers to test new gear as whale protection rules loom
A bill would create a ‘lobster innovation fund’ to pay lobster fishing license holders to test new fishing technologies.
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TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app
The Montana residents also argued in a legal complaint filed late Wednesday in federal court in Missoula that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security.
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More than 30 million U.S. drivers don’t know if their car airbags pose a threat
And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren’t likely to find out anytime soon.
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Maine fish hatchery agrees to reduce phosphorus discharges
The settlement deals with phosphorus discharged to Alamoosook Lake.