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Finding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation
The bill would outlaw extra fees for common companions like cats and dogs.
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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
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BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
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Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
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51 mins agoThe student was hit Friday morning on Long Road, school officials said.
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45 mins agoJust after the jury was seated, emergency crews responded to a park outside the Manhattan courthouse, where a person had set themselves on fire.
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37 mins agoBridgett Toulan, 47, of Portland, died at Cumberland County Jail on April 10. Authorities are still investigating the cause.
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at 1:32 PMThe bill, L.D. 1215, is likely dead, and proponents would have to introduce a new version next session.
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at 12:29 PMAmong those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s 'Neighbours.'
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at 12:38 PMThe Biden administration finalized sweeping Title IX rules barring discrimination against transgender students and ordering a new system for sexual assault claims.
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at 12:19 PMThe band's Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.
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at 1:31 PMFriday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94.
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at 11:26 AMMaine Department of Labor reports little change in job market conditions in March, with non-farm jobs reaching the second-highest number on record.
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at 1:30 PMA passerby reported the fire around 12:28 a.m. Friday, as the back of the hotel was engulfed in flames.
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at 12:50 PMAnalysts said the relatively limited scope of the Israeli attack and the subdued response by Iran seemed to indicate the threat of an immediate escalation had diminished.
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at 7:34 AMTo shorten trip times, the operator of the Amtrak Downeaster is considering relocating the Portland station to one of 3 sites along St. John Street.
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at 8:54 AMBut the full Legislature never took up a proposal for a red flag law that would give families, in addition to law enforcement, the ability to restrict a person's access to weapons without a mental health evaluation.
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The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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April 18Police said 108 people were charged with trespassing at the private Ivy League institution. Some students said they were also suspended from the university.
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at 12:58 PMAt the start of public viewing Thursday, friends and old political allies spoke of his varied facets: politician, working-class Irishman and lifelong Portland resident.
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April 18Hawaiian Electric did not send a representative to check on fallen power equipment until hours after fire officials alerted the utility, the report says.
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April 18It’s the latest legal setback for the presumptive Republican nominee, whose trial in a separate case related to hush money payments began this week.
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April 18The $95 billion package has been held up since October by Republican lawmakers resistant to approving more funding for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
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April 18As the USPS plans to consolidate mail processing centers, it's getting pushback from legislators who say they're hearing from constituents unhappy with the proposed changes.
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April 18The motive remains unclear, and Sanders was not in the office at the time.
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April 18Lawmakers rejected an effort by the Mills administration to scale back the expansion, preserving benefits for an estimated 45,000 newly eligible low-income Mainers.
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April 18Home prices usually peak in the summer. As the season heats up, real estate experts worry home ownership could grow farther out of reach for many Mainers.
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April 18The tech industry got the world’s attention with AI. Now it’s busy convincing people to pay for it.
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April 18Maine lawmakers have passed a wide-ranging package of gun restrictions, while Iowa is set to allow teachers and staff to carry guns on school property.
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at 9:02 AMDennis Dechaine is making a bid for a new trial after spending 36 years in prison for the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry.
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April 18If Congress passes the TitkTok legislation, it would be an extraordinary and unusual moment in which both parties unite against one company – something lawmakers are usually reluctant to do.
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April 18William M. Dolley, 52, was arrested at his residence at 167 North Pond Road after a nearly nine-hour standoff, police confirmed Thursday.
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April 18Several people, including a dual Russian-Spanish citizen, have been arrested in Poland on allegations of spying for Russia since Moscow launched its attack on Ukraine in February 2022.
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April 18The county will spend just $30,000 to implement a satellite network that will serve as a backup to county-owned fiber internet that connects the county’s jail, courthouse, and emergency communications center.
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April 18Authorities have not released the exact location of the farmhouse.
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April 18As federal investigators probe what caused the collapse, some experts say the tragedy is shining a light on the need to bring bridge safety requirements into the modern era.
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at 9:01 AMRecord Store Day is Saturday, and a murder mystery opens at Saco River Theatre.
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April 18Gov. Janet Mills says she plans to sign the $430 million budget into law and hopes to distribute the winter storm damage relief as soon as possible.
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April 18Lawmakers on Capitol Hill also have been quickly pushing forward legislation that would financially punish the Islamic Republic and its leaders.
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April 18The jury includes a sales professional, a software engineer, a security engineer, an English teacher, a speech therapist, multiple lawyers, an investment banker and a retired wealth manager.
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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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April 18Dechaine, who was convicted in 1989 of killing Sarah Cherry, will be in court Thursday and Friday in Rockland to ask for a new trial based on new DNA evidence.
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Marianne Smyth, who also claimed to be an Irish heiress and a witch, was arrested in Maine in February.
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April 17The Maine Warden Service is investigating the accident.
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April 18Both chambers of the Maine Legislature voted to add $60 million in storm relief into the budget proposal, but the Senate also added $7 million in additional spending on other items.
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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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April 18A 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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April 18The 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 18It 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 18The state's business leaders fiercely opposed the restrictions they said would have limited their ability to target ads to potential customers.
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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.