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Posted inCommunity
Phillips Scout receives Eagle rank
For his Eagle project, he built a handicapped-accessible picnic table for Shadagee Housing in Phillips.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News
Strong woman gets probation for illegal gun buy
The “straw” gun purchase was orchestrated by a Lewiston man who was sentenced last year to 10 years in federal prison, prosecutors say.
Posted inNation & World
Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages
Ukraine is significantly outgunned by Russia’s bigger army on the roughly 600-mile front line.
Posted inNation & World
North Korean officials seek medicines for Kim’s obesity-related health problems, Seoul says
South Korea’s spy agency says the North Korea leader appears to have regained the large amount of weight he’d lost in 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former employee sues Bath Iron Works alleging ADA violations, racial discrimination
James Breaux, a Black resident of Morgan City, Louisiana, says that BIW violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and terminated him because of his race after creating a ‘racially hostile work environment.’
Posted inHealth
Infants’ tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says
A prominent doctors’ group worries that the condition that can affect breastfeeding is too often treated with unnecessary surgery.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hawaii man killed self after police took DNA sample in woman’s 1991 killing, lawyers say
Innocence Project attorneys allege that police intentionally botched the investigation into the man who died last week by not taking him into custody.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Russia relies on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, U.S. officials say
Tumultuous U.S. politics in recent weeks have prompted Russia, Iran and China to revise their propaganda playbook rapidly.
Posted inNation & World
Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike
The U.S. warns against escalation as the Israeli prime minister vows a ‘severe’ response to the strike from Lebanon that killed 12 children.