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State says it’s the rightful owner of sunken ship near Bar Harbor
The state is intervening in a lawsuit after a Maine company asked a federal judge to 'arrest' a sunken ship from the 1800s that it wants to salvage.
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Cops & Courts
Dennis Dechaine to appear in court for 2-day hearing for new trial request
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Nation & World
Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic faces extradition to UK
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Local & State
Boy, 11, dies in Sangerville ATV crash
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Politics
Maine House and Senate at odds over supplemental budget proposal
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April 17The Indonesian volcano’s explosion – at least the 3rd this week – may have injected aerosols into the stratosphere.
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at 12:20 AMA dozen House members reversed themselves from an April 9 vote that rejected changes in environmental rules, in order to allow an offshore wind terminal to be built.
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8 mins agoThe proposal would give family members a path toward restricting access to weapons for a person in crisis without a mental health evaluation.
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April 17It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the hours-long standoff Wednesday on North Pond Road.
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April 17A report released Tuesday by Western Fire Chiefs Association detailed the unprecedented challenges facing the Maui Fire Department during the series of blazes, including one that killed 101 people in the historic town of Lahaina.
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April 17Federal infrastructure money is up for grabs as the region pursues clean energy transmission and battery storage projects.
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April 17State mental health officials oppose the petition of Enoch Petrucelly, 38, who fatally stabbed his brother in 2008 on North Haven Island in Knox County.
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April 17Most of the more than 35,000 workers at the Disneyland Resort, which includes the theme parks, already have unions.
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April 17The pandemic upended health care arguably more than any other industry as hospitals halted all but essential treatments, nursing homes went into lockdown and costs for workers and supplies soared.
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April 17They are accused in a scheme in which $14.5 million in gold bars and $1.8 million in cash was stolen.
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April 17The incident, which took place following the sentencing last week of Jason Servil to 45 years for the murder of Alice Abbott, also raises questions about court security.
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April 17The effort is nationwide, and in February, a federal appeals court ruled that Maine had to release its voter rolls to the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
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April 17The Senate previously had voted against L.D. 1977, which would limit the ability of businesses to target ads to certain people based on personal data collected online.
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April 17The Republican speaker is expected to start a dayslong push to vote on 3 funding packages for Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a several other foreign policy proposals in a 4th bill.
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April 17A routine practice dating back centuries, the general average declaration marks the ship owner’s latest effort to minimize its financial responsibility.
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April 17Since a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft suffered the loss of the fuselage section, the FAA has tightened oversight of Boeing, forcing the company to slow down production and sending staff into their factories to review processes.
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April 17That legislation could increase crude prices by as much as $8.40 a barrel, which would add 20 cents per gallon for gasoline if the sanctions were passed into law and enforced.
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April 17The president said during a visit to the headquarters of the United Steelworkers union that U.S. Steel 'has been an iconic American company for more than a century and it should remain totally American.'
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April 17Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attackIsrael’s allies have been urging the country to hold back on any response that could spiral.
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April 17Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against 'bad actors looking to cause harm.'
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April 17The world's poorest countries will suffer 61% bigger income loss than the richest ones, the study calculated.
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April 17Nordic Aquafarms has tried for years to build a $500 million fish farm it says would add jobs and economically benefit the city. But without a guarantee to a parcel of land, it's unclear whether the company can move on the project.
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April 17The governor sent a letter to lawmakers outlining a path forward on two of the most significant items still before the Legislature, which is scheduled to adjourn Wednesday.
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April 17Dongming Liao, 41, was arrested at a residence on Cooley Road and charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana, officials said.
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April 17The Ellsworth City Council determined Glenn Moshier was 'more likely than not' under the influence of alcohol when he went to the police station on the night of Dec. 22.
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April 17The votes effectively end the trial before arguments ever began, an embarrassing defeat for House Republicans and embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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April 17Israel’s war cabinet has spent the last two days debating their next move. Here are some considerations key to their decision.
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April 16Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died.
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April 16The postal worker's ex-wife called police in May 2023 to report she found opened mail in his bedroom and turned them over to police, according to court documents.
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April 16A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills allows the public to access records about hazardous materials moving along Maine tracks, but only after a derailment or spill.
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April 16The legislation aims to regulate the collection, use, processing, transfer, sale and deletion of non-publicly available personal data. Business groups say the bill would detach Maine's businesses from the global online marketplace.
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April 16Its iconic dragon-tail spire collapsed and passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables.
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April 16The speaker is considering a complicated approach that would break apart the Senate's $95 billion aid package – for separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
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April 16While the Senate is obligated to hold a trial under the rules of impeachment once the charges are walked across the Capitol, Democrats are expected to try to dismiss or table the charges.
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April 16Hundreds of engineers, workers and divers have rushed to the scene of what some say could be the most expensive disaster in maritime history, in which six people are presumed to have perished.
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April 16These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer 'signals,' which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA.
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April 16The bill had been rejected in the House and Senate, but Sen. Mattie Daughtry asked that it be reconsidered Tuesday. It passed in the Senate only to fail again hours later in the House.
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April 16The House voted in support of a bill that would give the team a tax credit of up to $133,000 per year, or $2 million total, over 15 years for upgrades at Hadlock Field.
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April 16Sondheim died at his Roxbury estate in 2021 at age 91.
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April 16Maine's 2nd District congressman says the USPS' plan, which includes shifting some mail processing operations from Hampden to Scarborough, would be detrimental to reliable mail delivery.
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April 16A parade of characters and stories, led by Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse, have marched into the public domain, where anyone can do anything with anything and shape it into a new generation of stories and ideas.
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April 16The legislation would ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2009.
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April 16Under an agreement, attorney general offices in Maine and 14 other states will be able to investigate complaints about airline service, and could then refer cases to the U.S. Transportation Department for enforcement.
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April 16Churchill is said to have complained that the painting 'makes me look half-witted, which I ain’t.'
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April 17Both proposals also received initial support from the Senate last week and now head to another round of votes in each chamber.
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The broadest forgiveness category would help borrowers who owe more than they originally borrowed because of runaway interest.
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April 16Meanwhile, lawsuits over the law proceed.
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April 16In the latest vote, the House stripped the bill's emergency status, meaning that the $60 million in funding wouldn't be available for 90 days, delaying repairs to areas of Maine's working waterfront that were damaged by winter storms.
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April 16The high court case focuses on whether the anti-obstruction provision of a law that was enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp. can be used against Jan. 6 defendants.
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April 17In the 1st District Republican primary, whose winner will challenge Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, Austin Theriault holds a big fundraising lead.
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April 16A federal appeals court found that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.
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April 16It's the first of Trump's 4 criminal cases to go to trial and may be the only one that could reach a verdict before the November election.
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April 16The maker of popular weedkiller Roundup is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about health risks.
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The site had been quietly inhabited for several years. The company that owns the property says it had been concerned about the camp growing but didn't call in the police.
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April 16All 4 members have joined bipartisan efforts to prevent the potato's reclassification from vegetable to grain under federal dietary guidelines, and to encourage Japan to drop barriers to buying more U.S. potatoes.
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April 16The House rejected the measure last week and will now reconsider the Senate version, which would exempt sand dunes from environmental protection in a bid to advance Maine's drive to generate offshore wind.
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April 15The chunk of space junk was part of equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
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April 16She was among the 10 singers to receive the most votes from the public after Sunday night's episode.
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Russia and Ukraine are trading blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
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April 15The House voted 62-78 Monday against a bill that would provide up to $2 million in income tax credits to upgrade the facility.