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After a long wait, Portland man welcomes his family following their escape from Sudan
El-Fadel Arbab has lived an ocean away from his wife since they wed a decade ago. This week, she and the couple's 2 sons arrived in Portland.
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Local & State
Bus driver accused of stalking boy, 8, sentenced to nine years in prison
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Politics
Committee advances proposal to raise minimum wage for Maine farmworkers
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Local & State
Among other impacts, climate change will affect our collective psyche, scientists say
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Nation & World
Michigan Republican lawmaker blasted for false claim that buses carrying March Madness teams are ‘illegal invaders’
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1 min agoThe City Council had its first chance to discuss the proposed budget for next year, as both the council and the school board try to limit tax increases.
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March 28It is highly unlikely that Biden would agree to appear before lawmakers in such a setting. The White House has repeatedly called the Republican-led inquiry baseless.
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March 28Maine's senior senator said she doesn't know how she will vote in November, rejecting both President Biden and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well as the Republican frontrunner.
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March 28Massive barges carrying cranes streamed toward the site to begin the challenging work of removing twisted metal and concrete as a first step toward reopening a key shipping route blocked by the wreckage.
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March 28The original bill sought to treat substance use as a public health issue and would have set up receiving centers to help people dealing with a crisis.
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March 28Merrimack Station in New Hampshire will become the state's first renewable energy park under a deal with the EPA.
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March 28The benchmark index gained more than 10% over the first 3 months of 2024, while the Dow Jones rose by 5.5%.
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March 28The proposal would allow the state to assess the needs of young people accused of crimes and provide them with services so they can remain in the community, rather than be sent to Long Creek Youth Development Center.
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March 28Johanna Johnston, event coordinator for Maine Eclipse and her colleagues in began preparations for the eclipse nearly 3 years ago. The path of totality includes a large swath of the county.
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The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to retain its cloud computing edge over Microsoft and Google.
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March 28In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by Kansas argue that President Biden overstepped his authority in creating the SAVE Plan, which was made available to borrowers last year.
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March 28In Westbrook, Vertical Harvest is building a four-story, 52,000-square-foot vertical farm and is negotiating a deal to supply it with renewable energy.
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March 28An Augusta man says Melvin 'Mickey' Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
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March 28Gagnon's platinum ticket allows her to skip the first round of Hollywood Week competition, airing Sunday. But on Monday's show, she'll likely find out if she's one of the top 24 singers competing for the rest of the season.
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March 28Several Democrats joined solid Republican opposition to reject legislation that proposes a first step in judging utilities' performance when setting rates.
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March 28Trump and 18 others are charged with allegedly participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
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March 28Cases declined sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have been rising since.
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March 28Thursday’s order came after South Africa sought more provisional measures, including a cease-fire, citing starvation in Gaza. Israel urged the court not to issue new orders.
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March 28Prosecutors said Bankman-Fried had cost customers, investors and lenders over $10 billion by misappropriating billions of dollars to fuel his quest for influence and dominance in the new industry.
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March 28Head to Biddeford for a squid sandwich or Falmouth for a play about faith.
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March 28Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
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March 28Darren Laney Jr. was found dead at the Cumberland County Jail on Friday. The medical examiner's office said it is still investigating his cause of death.
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March 28The Maine Supreme Judicial Court disagrees with a Readfield couple who argued that the ban contradicts a 'right to food' amendment voters approved in 2021.
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March 28The bill would look at the feasibility of running a passenger rail between Portland and Bangor, with stops in Lewiston, Auburn, Waterville and just west of Augusta.
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March 28The evolving process often reflects changes in social attitudes and immigration, as well as a wish for people in an increasingly diverse society to see themselves in the numbers produced by the federal government.
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March 28The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate is the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since the height of the Cold War.
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The poll shows growing discontent among Americans over the conflict.
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March 27The legendary American mountaineer Lou Whittaker was matter-of-fact about the risks of mountaineering and said he didn't want to die without knowing he'd lived.
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March 28The Portland International Jetport has reduced its proposal by 100 spaces, but that might not satisfy residents of a Stroudwater neighborhood concerned about the $8 million project.
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March 27The decision removes one of the top remaining prospects for the centrist group hoping to upset the two-party system this year with a bipartisan 'unity ticket.'
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March 28The Judiciary Committee also will soon take up a last-minute bill that would put in place 'an improved crisis intervention order' for restricting access to firearms when people are deemed to be a threat.
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March 27The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
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March 27The measure would enact strict limits on when a company can collect, store and analyze consumer information, while creating exemptions for nonprofits, educational institutions and hospitals.
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March 27The Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule limiting releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling operations on federal and tribal lands.
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March 28As Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in 2000, he was the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party.
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March 27Baltimore’s port is closed after the container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the water.
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March 27The council members pledged to 'execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order.'
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March 27Donald Trump complained on social media that the gag order issued Tuesday was 'illegal, un-American, unConstitutional.'
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March 27Superintendent Ryan Scallon's proposed $161 million budget would eliminate nearly 30 positions. The City Council ultimately has to sign off on the budget before sending it to voters this summer.
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March 27An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
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March 27Jeffrey Buchannan, 36, pleaded guilty to murder this month for killing his longtime partner, 35-year-old Rhonda Pattelena, on March 26, 2021.
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March 28The legislation gives enforcement authority on new permits, restoration of shoreland and allows municipalities and Land Use Planning Commission the right to place a lien on property with unresolved violations.
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March 27On Wednesday, federal agencies were working to recover the bodies of 6 construction workers who died after the bridge collapsed, and investigators for the first time boarded the ship that struck the well-traveled span.
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March 27The investigation is the latest battle the social media company, which is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beijing-based parent company.
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March 28Odds of a cloudy day are high, but hopes remain high.
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March 28The legislation would set required ratios in an effort to improve working conditions and ease a nursing shortage. Opponents say the measure would reduce access to care.
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March 27Earlier this month, President Biden unveiled a budget plan that proposes to raise more than $4.5 trillion in new taxes over the next decade, largely by targeting corporations.
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March 27Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.
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March 27The agreement came a day after the appointment of a new board member, replacing a DeSantis-appointed board chairman who was a Disney critic.
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March 27The total solar eclipse, which will be visible from more than a dozen states, is fueling a small spending boom across the nation.
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March 27The house, built in 1825, has been called one of the most photographed homes in Maine.
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March 27U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said at a news conference that authorities had been informed that the ship was going to undergo maintenance. He added that they were not informed of any problems.
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March 27After a complaint, an inspection at the Motel 6 found a cockroach infestation. The code violation will force families staying at the property to move out by July 1.
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March 27Also, Don's Lunch opens in Westbrook; local beer malt makers win awards; a benefit market at Maine Craft Distilling; Maine Seaweed week returns; and more.
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March 27The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce, which owns the 62-foot-tall sculpture of a Native American fisherman, has offered the artwork to the town of Skowhegan, before seeking other potential owners.
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March 27Educators, maintenance staff and supervisory staff at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland outlined their concerns and demands in a letter to the Department of Corrections.
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March 27What began as an investigation into a reported shooting near Woodfords Corner turns up evidence of a drug trafficking network involving teenagers in Portland, Gray and New Gloucester.
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March 26Under the agreement, the special prosecutors would drop 3 felony counts against Paxton as long as he pays full restitution to his victims, and completes 100 hours of community service and 15 hours of legal ethics education.
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March 26State lawmakers are calling for legislation to allow the state to sell the former courthouses to local housing authorities.