The ‘CNN This Morning’ co-host said on Twitter that the news came as a surprise to him and characterized it as a firing, which CNN disputed.
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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network
The news comes a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems more than $787 million and acknowledged that some of its reporting following the 2020 election was false.
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Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal owner considering sale of his newspapers to new nonprofit
Reade Brower, who owns the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, and other daily and weekly newspapers across the state, has been in preliminary discussions with the Maine Journalism Foundation.
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State lawmakers consider removing size limits on open-pit metal mines
The current three-acre limit prohibits the mining of a lithium deposit in Newry that could be worth over $1 billion.
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Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5 million
There are ways Fox can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions.
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Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection
The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday and said it will start an orderly wind-down of its operations including eventually closing its stores.
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Waitlists grow as developers plan, build and fill affordable housing
Projects across the southern Maine landscape aim to keep up with explosive demand, but advocates say ‘we are not creating new affordable homes fast enough.’
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As costs soar, some restaurants tack on fees instead of increasing menu prices
Aiming for transparency, the industry acknowledges it’s more expensive, either way. But which charge is easier for the dining public to swallow?
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Portland orders restaurant to remove antique doors over ‘false sense of history’
Papi imported doors from Puerto Rico, but the city says the doors must come down because they don’t honor the history of the Exchange Street building. Some residents say it’s unfair.
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Lawmakers eye limits on growers to keep marijuana boom from going bust
An abundant cannabis supply and dropping prices have some concerned about an industry consolidation like what’s happened in other states.