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PublishedDecember 10, 2024
Sen. King introduces bill to study low-level blast injuries on military personnel
The Lewiston shooter who killed 18 people in October had been exposed to thousands of low-level blasts during years of grenade training.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2024
Gun safety coalition launches campaign to get a red flag law on the Maine ballot
The effort comes after lawmakers failed to advance an extreme-risk protection order bill in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston last October.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2024
Lawyers for Lewiston shooting victims, survivors seek investigation by Pentagon
They call on Maine's congressional delegation to push for a Department of Defense probe, arguing that the Army's investigation and a review by the Army's inspector general had a 'narrow scope' and offered 'conflicting conclusions.'
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PublishedJune 13, 2024
Maine Trust for Local News wins Freedom of Information award for coverage of Lewiston shooting
The award from the New England First Amendment Coalition recognizes the group of newspapers for "relentlessly" requesting public information from the government that helped it report on Maine's deadliest mass shooting.
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PublishedApril 28, 2024
In a historic legislative session, some big reforms for Maine still fell short
Some approved legislation still awaits action by the governor, and lawmakers will return for at least one more day to address vetoes.
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PublishedApril 2, 2024
Strength in Sound: A Lewiston Strong Community Concert features UMaine Orono Concert Band along with concert bands from Lewiston public schools
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PublishedMarch 8, 2024
Opinion: Polarization, blame have no place in development of gun laws
If gun violence had a simple answer, we would have solved it already.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2024
Army reservists tell commission more could have been done to help Lewiston gunman
Robert Card was a longtime reservist for a Saco-based unit. His colleagues became increasingly concerned about his behavior last year but took few steps to follow up on his mental health treatment.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
State police say Lewiston mass shooter left note saying he was trained to hurt people
Maine State Police also testified that Card bought the rifle used in the shooting just days before he was in New York to train with his U.S. Army Reserve unit and ended up hospitalized at a psychiatric facility.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2023
Police footage details unsuccessful check-in on Lewiston shooter
A pair of videos obtained by the Press Herald this week show that a Sagadahoc deputy and Robert Card's Army Reserve commander were concerned that confronting him could escalate a potentially dangerous and put police officers' lives at risk.
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