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Two children’s residential care locations in Chelsea to close over workforce, funding challenges
Spurwink offers programs for people with intellectual disabilities, substance use disorder, foster care services, among other services.
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Maine ‘American Idol’ contestant Julia Gagnon asks for kindness on Instagram
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Business
Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools
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Nation & World
Air Force prepares new charges against convicted Discord leaker
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Business
New Russia sanctions target weapons development and countries assisting in sanctions evasion
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at 1:37 PMSince taking office, the Biden administration has chipped away at debt-relief claims filed by hundreds of thousands of students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, mostly for-profit institutions.
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at 1:26 PM'The Princess Diaries' and 'The Devil Wears Prada' alum touched on her sobriety when discussing middle age.
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at 12:55 PMSenate Republican leader Mitch McConnell also is signaling he will continue to oppose the marijuana banking bill. McConnell has previously helped block the bill.
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at 12:37 PMDancers displayed power and grace in the company's signature style throughout the performance Tuesday.
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at 12:25 PMRussia provided almost a quarter of the enriched uranium used to fuel America’s fleet of more than 90 commercial reactors, making it the No. 1 foreign supplier.
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at 12:20 PMMusk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla and throws into question whether the Biden administration will reach its goal to build a nationwide network of half a million EV chargers.
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at 12:12 PMSince word got out, owner Carrie Clark has been sharing her cat's story, with advice to microchip your pets and to double-check your Amazon boxes before returning them.
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at 12:07 PMThe new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.
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17 mins agoMichael G. Fournier was charged earlier this year as one of more than 1,000 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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2 mins agoJohnson has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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at 11:07 AMAttorney General Merrick Garland recommends loosening restrictions on marijuana, a historic shift in federal drug policy.
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5 mins agoMaine's Legislature will reconvene May 10 to take up override votes on a handful of bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills.
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at 3:15 PMPolice are looking for a witness who was driving in the area around the time the crash occurred Monday on Flaggy Meadow Road in Gorham.
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at 8:23 AMTent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza have spread across the country in a student movement unlike any other in the 21st century.
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Babies in dispensaries, ID checks at registers and free samples: Businesses say a new law will improve the 'weird' cannabis shopping experience, reduce the stigma and make it akin to buying alcohol.
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April 30The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.
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April 30Roughly 100 pairs of the small shorebirds have been counted so far this year, and volunteers are starting work to protect the nests.
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April 30From Kuwait to Lebanon, Egypt to Ramallah, students have occupied central locations on campuses and protested in solidarity.
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at 6:17 AMA new report co-authored by a Colby College professor includes a climate scorecard for movies that found only about 1 in 10 of the last decade's top films even mention the topic.
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April 30The Israeli prime minister says stopping the war before the nation's goals are achieved is 'out of the question.'
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April 30As Maine leads the country in workplace injury rates, labor advocates are calling on the government to strengthen safety protections and enforcement.
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at 6:08 AMCritics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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April 30Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate last month and told reporters she's laying the groundwork for future consideration.
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April 30Former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance.
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April 30Police seized 1,854 marijuana plants, 10 pounds of processed marijuana, and other drug-related items from the home, which had the worst case of black mold observed by police during 14 similar busts in Somerset County, Sheriff Dale Lancaster said.
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April 30Still to come are votes on the core of the bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage in church law and policy.
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April 30In New Orleans, voters approved a property tax increase, which raised the city's budget for child care. A marijuana sales tax approved last year by voters in Anchorage, Alaska, will generate more than $5 million for early childhood programs. Policy analysts say more people are noticing the link between the economy and child care.
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April 30The converted and expanded No. 2 paper machine, part of the company's switch to a different kind of paper product, is set to open in early 2025.
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April 30The measure, if enacted, would not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.
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April 30The executive editor for the Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group papers said the tech companies shouldn't be allowed to steal 'our work to build their own businesses at our expense.'
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April 30Corson was chair of Guy Gannett Publishing, the company founded by her grandfather, until it sold its newspapers, including the Press Herald, to the Seattle Times Co. in 1998.
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April 30Breast cancer death rates have fallen as treatment continues to improve. But breast cancer is still the second-most common cause of cancer death for U.S. women.
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April 30Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a colorless liquid that emits a toxic vapor that has killed at least 88 workers since 1980, the EPA said.
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April 30After court adjourned, the former president called the gag order 'totally unconstitutional.'
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April 30Officers have taken protesters into custody after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.
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Service expansions by Breeze, Frontier and other airlines could push summer passenger numbers to 2 million.
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April 30Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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at 1:13 PMGagnon sang 'Over the Rainbow,' the song made famous by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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April 30The average temperature of 52.6 degrees was 1.9 degrees above the long-term average.
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April 29Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.
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April 29Lawmakers agreed to prohibit airlines from charging extra for families to sit together, and they tripled maximum fines for airlines that violate consumer laws.
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April 29The company, which manufactures an array of motion control technology, plans to move the work it does in Maine to plants in Michigan and Ohio, saying it's 'necessary to maintain our competitiveness in a challenging market.'
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April 29Henry Yuen vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community.
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April 29The weekend storms killed at least 4 people, including an infant.
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April 29Family of a Black teen who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell files lawsuit against homeownerThe teenager, Ralph Yarl, said he was shot in the head, the impact knocking him to the ground, and was then shot in the arm.
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April 29Dr. Merideth Norris is fighting federal charges that she prescribed dangerously high amounts of opioids to her patients.
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April 29Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart.
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April 29In a new report, Amnesty International details Israeli attacks in which, it says, U.S-made weapons were used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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April 29Some residents say the town and state do not do enough to respond to their concerns. Officials say they do what they can, and are following the wishes of voters.
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April 29Hunter Biden asks Fox News to remove sexually explicit images from its website, and demands a retraction or correction over other coverage.
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April 29This week's planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.
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April 29Negotiators aim to conclude a treaty by the end of 2024.
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viaIt was the fifth-warmest year on record for the Gulf of Maine, a body of water critical to commercial fishing and other maritime industries.
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April 29As wealth is disproportionately held by older Americans, its older Americans who are fueling a sustained boost to the U.S. economy.
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April 29Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.
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April 29Officials: The accident, which involved a 33-year-old man whose hand was caught Friday morning in a saw at Kennebec Lumber Co. at 105 S. Main St., is being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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April 29Two people were questioned by police, but not arrests have been made.
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April 29Outgunned, Ukraine’s troops have struggled to fend off Russian advances on the battlefield.
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April 29A joint statement said that Biden and López Obrador have directed their national security aides to 'immediately' put in place concrete measures to reduce the number of unauthorized border crossings.