About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases.
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FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
It was the deadliest IS-inspired assault on U.S. soil in years, laying bare what federal officials have warned is a resurgent international terrorism threat.
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Soldier shot self before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say
Authorities are still working to determine a motive.
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Maine attorney receives top honor from President Biden
Portland resident Mary Bonauto, who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case that legalized same-sex marriage, is among 20 Americans receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal.
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Rep. Jared Golden received a holiday bomb threat at his home, newspaper reports
The Capitol Police say threats to members of Congress are on the rise and require more effort to protect them outside of Washington.
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1 person dies when Tesla truck catches fire and explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
Another seven people nearby received minor injuries and were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Death toll from New Orleans crash now 15, coroner says
The driver of the vehicle was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, FBI said.
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Northern lights could be visible in Maine this New Year’s Eve
Solar storms may bring northern lights to several states in the northern part of the U.S. as people ring in the new year.
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Linda Lavin, Maine-raised actor who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
The Tony Award-winning stage actor, who became a working class icon as a waitress on the TV sitcom ‘Alice,’ has died at age 87.
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Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, dies at 100
Carter, a small-town peanut farmer, U.S. Navy veteran, and Georgia governor from 1971 to 1975, was the first president from the Deep South since 1837, and the only Democrat elected president between Lyndon B. Johnson’s and Bill Clinton’s terms in the White House.