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The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.
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April 23An activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war.
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Launched in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 has been exploring interstellar space – the space between star systems – since 2012.
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April 23The Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday got a look at preliminary plans for The Residence Hall on Mayflower Hill Drive and Colby College officials are scheduled to return to the board May 14 for final approval.
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The case, to be argued Thursday, stems from Trump's attempts to have charges against him dismissed.
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A 66-year-old Michigan woman has been arraigned on second-degree murder and other charges.
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April 23The suit, filed Tuesday, claims the California clinic used hydrogen peroxide instead of a sterile solution in an incubator.
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April 23When complete, the new campus is expected to host about 5,000 students in East Deering at the site of the former B&M Baked Beans factory.
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The U.S. Justice Department is paying a $138.7 million to settle more than 100 claims that it badly mishandled allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016.
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Prosecutors said the landlord had served the Chicago woman with an eviction notice from a boarding house in October 2022.
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Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.
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April 23Martha Gaythwaite is representing the state in an unusual case where the attorney general's office is both prosecuting and defending.
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April 23U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.
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April 23Two Bridges Regional Jail confirmed a resident died Sunday morning, but released no other information pending the investigation by the Maine State Police.
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April 23America’s infusion of weapons comes on the heels of an announcement by the UK, pledging an additional $620 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and 4 million rounds of ammunition.
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April 23The state's K-12 schools reached 'herd immunity' – when at least 95% of a population is vaccinated – for the first time since 2011, health officials said Tuesday.
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April 23The House and Senate will come back to vote on any vetoes, which require two-thirds support to overturn.
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April 23Hannaford supermarket officials say to throw out Hannaford-branded 85% lean ground beef purchased between April 6-18 or return to the store for a refund.
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April 23Critics say the minimum staffing levels are unrealistic and an unfunded mandate that will further burden the state's nursing homes, many of which are at risk of closing or downsizing because of worker shortages.
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April 23The printer's frame fills up the large building in which it’s housed on the Orono campus, and can print objects 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high.
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April 23If the court sides with Starbucks, it could make it tougher for the federal labor board to step in when it alleges corporate interference in unionization efforts.
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April 23The proposal drew significant debate in the Legislature this session as well as opposition from out-of-state Republican attorneys general who called it 'constitutionally defective.'
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April 23Prosecutors called the messages a 'deliberate flouting' of the court’s prohibition and requested a $1,000 fine for each one.
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April 23The Bowdoin College graduate has spent over a year behind bars.
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April 23Glenn Stanley is facing arson charges after police said he deliberately set fires at 2 homes off Stanley Mountain Road.
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April 23Schools struggle with where to draw the line between allowing free expression while maintaining safe and inclusive campuses.
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April 23David Pecker is the first witness in Trump's historic hush money trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments meant to prevent harmful stories from surfacing.
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The measure passed the Senate in a bipartisan 22-8 vote but was never taken up in the House. 'We could have at least had the conversation,' said the bill's sponsor.
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April 23Aaron Skolfield defended his actions and said Robert Card's Army superiors misled him about the threat he posed.
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April 23Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services.
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April 23After advancing to the top 12 on Sunday, Gagnon sang 'Something in the Orange' by Zach Bryan on Monday night, earning a place in the top 10.
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April 23The budget bill includes funding for storm relief, investments in affordable and emergency housing, a new minimum wage for education technicians and school support staff, and more.
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U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.
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Assaults on transit workers have tripled over the last 15 years, according to research from the Urban Institute, making it more difficult for public agencies to recruit and retain their workers.
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The 2 victims were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through Libby, Montana.
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April 23The city will close Baxter Boulevard to cars from Vannah Avenue to Catafalque Drive for the events every Sunday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. beginning May 5 and running through Sept. 29.
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April 22The hearing will resume Wednesday morning with testimony and closing arguments.
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The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities.
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April 22The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized.
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The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts
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April 22Alex Jackson, 34, had been missing for nearly a year before his remains were found Friday. Joseph Chute, of Leeds, had been arrested and charged with murder following Jackson's disappearance.
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April 23At one time, John Gendron eyed a 1,100-unit development on the site, but the proposal set off a communitywide debate over water quality that included a lawsuit between Lewiston and the Auburn Water District.
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April 23City officials issued a cease-and-desist order on April 12 after a finding spa was violating the city's Adult Business Establishment ordinance.
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April 22Maine's programs are intended to bring solar power to renters and homeowners, rural and urban households and others that may not be well-suited for on-site solar.
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April 22Threats to election offices that have been an alarming consequence of Trump's false claims about his 2020 loss loom as a perilous wildcard for the thousands of local government workers who will oversee the election this fall.
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April 22The 60 funded recipients, including the Maine Governor's Energy Office, will serve 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities.
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April 22The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday put legislation requiring ByteDance to divest its ownership stake in TikTok on a fast track to become law.
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April 22A 3-year-old is expected to survive after falling from a Pierce Street residence, police say.
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April 22Randall J. Weddle, 61, failed in his appeal after the state's highest court affirmed his sentence as reasonable and not excessively harsh.
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April 22A group of 9 boys broke out of the building in South Portland in January but never left the grounds, police said.
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April 22Environmentalists say that in 5 years, regulators have adopted only 2 rules aimed at Maine’s Climate Law’s requirements, and not a single rule to scale back pollution from tailpipe emissions.
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April 22The red-and-white striped buoy drew a crowd Monday morning as the Coast Guard worked to return it to the water.
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April 22A 38-year-old Westbrook man who matched a description given by witnesses was found near the scene and a gun was nearby.
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April 22Nicholas Eckert, 32, of Norridgewock was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and criminal threatening.
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April 22Scarborough, Brunswick and Wells are among the communities in Maine that will get funding to conserve areas affected by climate change.
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April 22At issue is a federal regulation that changed the definition of a firearm to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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April 22Health officials said rules would protect the privacy of women seeking abortions from Republican prosecutors who have threatened to crack down on the procedure.
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April 22The concert at Woodfords Congregational Church had been rescheduled because of a snowstorm.
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April 22Two bottles of cherries, buried for about 250 years, have been found at Mount Vernon.
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April 22Aharon Haliva, head of military intelligence, handed in his resignation. He’s the first senior Israeli official to step down over the assault by Hamas.