Mirror Group Newspapers were ordered to pay the Duke of Sussex $180,000 for using unlawfully gathered information.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in West
There are more women than men in some of the largest urban U.S. counties east of the Mississippi River, on the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South.
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Vermont, usually one of the safest states, saw a 185% rise in firearms homicides last year
Overall the country had a 6% decrease in national firearms homicides between 2021 and 2022, but Vermont saw a 185% jump, according to Vermont State Police.
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Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in battle-torn part of Gaza
The army’s chief spokesman said soldiers in Gaza City mistakenly identified the three Israelis as a threat and opened fire on them.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald eagles, to sell on black market
A federal grand jury indictment says 2 men conspired with others to sell eagle feathers, tails, wings and other parts for ‘significant sums of cash’ across the U.S. and elsewhere.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Israeli military veteran tapped as Republican candidate for special election to replace George Santos
Nassau County legislator and former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Pilip will face off against Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi in February.
Posted inNation & World, News
Putin says Russia is in ‘a dialogue’ with U.S. for returning prisoners Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate, was detained in March. Whelan, a security executive from Michigan, has been jailed since 2018. Both dispute the espionage charges they face.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Why Argentina’s shock measures may be the best hope for its ailing economy
In the past five years, its currency has lost about 90% of its value against the U.S. dollar.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit the gas on shopping, travel and restaurants
Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still have power to keep buying.
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Wall Street makes zero progress in energy finance transition
The industry needs to get to a 4-to-1 ratio of clean energy versus fossil fuel financing by 2030. At the end of last year, it was 0.73 to 1 – little changed from 2021.