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In the most recent incident at United, on Friday a chunk of the outer aluminum skin fell off the belly of a Boeing 737-800 that was built in 1998.
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Chair Jerome Powell and his fellow Fed officials are expected to play it safe when they meet this week, keeping their rate unchanged for a fifth straight time.
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Proponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
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Joann's bankruptcy filing arrives amid both a slowdown in discretionary spending overall and during a time consumers are taking a step back from at-home crafts, at least relative to a boom seen at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wind power advocates and conservationists looking to protect Sears Island from use as a wind power hub presented their points of view to lawmakers, who must choose between the two sides.
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SI co-Editor-in-Chief Stephen Cannella told employees in a memo to continue operating as if it were business as usual for now.
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The property is in a district that only allows the land to be used for egg production.
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The Supreme Court seems likely to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts.
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The EPA's final rule marks a major expansion of regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products.
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More than a dozen Maine islands are waiting for access to fast, reliable internet that has become critical for everything from schoolwork to watching movies.
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With demand for local meat on the rise, some livestock producers are finding it hard to get animals processed in a timely manner.
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The wildlife rehabilitation center in Limington treated more than 900 animals last year – everything from squirrels and mice to bats and porcupines.
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The number of Irish pubs in the city has dwindled in recent years with the closure of local standbys such as Brian Boru, Bull Feeney's and The Snug. But residents have no shortage of places to celebrate the holiday however they choose.
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What began to concern some cartoonists and industry observers: None of the dozens of comics listed as print offerings for Gannett papers was actively being created by a woman artist.
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Across the U.S., batteries and green energies like wind and solar combine for major climate solutionIn the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not.
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The National Association of Realtors agreed to change its commission structure but real estate professionals say Maine has already been following these rules for years.
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City councilors agreed and said the city must crack down on illegal activities before the downtown that many have worked hard the last several years to revitalize will gain a reputation as being unsafe.
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The drug is going mainstream as an anti-aging treatment, even though rapamycin’s regulatory approval is for treating transplant patients.
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Spokespeople for the EPA declined to comment on the substance of potential changes, noting the drafted final regulation is still undergoing interagency review at the White House.
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There are oodles of special eclipse safety glasses for sale, along with T-shirts emblazoned with clever slogans and other souvenirs – just like the last time the U.S. got a big piece of the total solar eclipse action in 2017.
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The selected wind energy area is 80% smaller than originally planned and federal energy officials say it avoids conflicts with lobster fishing and North Atlantic right whale habitat. Maine lobstermen say another area where right whales have been seen remains in the designated area.
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The union is demanding wage increases for the 165 employees currently working under a contract that expired in July 2023.
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Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an 'escalating problem,' proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is 'good faith belief' of a crime.
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February retail sales up 0.6%, yet fissures emerge in what has been a driving force for U.S. economyAmerican shoppers picked up their spending a bit, but last month’s gain was weaker than expected.
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Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Japanese firm, citing the need for ‘American steel workers’Nippon Steel announced in December that it planned to buy the Pittsburgh-based steel producer for $14.1 billion in cash.
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America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
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The baby eels, also called elvers, were worth $2,009 a pound last year – more than 400 times more than lobster, Maine’s signature seafood.
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The bipartisan rebuke in the House has younger TikTokers wondering why this is what the U.S. government can agree on – and not other issues important to them.
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The rule would require cable and satellite providers to clearly state the total cost, including fees for TV station signals and regional sports programming, as a prominent, single line item.
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'This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,' he said.
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The House approved a bill that could lead to a ban of the social media platform if it doesn’t cut ties with its Beijing-based parent company.
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But the officials who decide how to invest the retirement funds of Maine's government employees said fully divesting from fossil fuel companies would violate their constitutional duty.
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Found not guilty of workplace manslaughter after a roofer fell to his death in 2018, Shawn Purvis was back before a judge Wednesday, this time facing charges from the Maine Workers' Compensation Board.
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Even when entanglement does not kill a whale, it can affect individuals' ability to reproduce, which is critically important for a species with such low numbers, writes a team of scientists.
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Martin's Point denies the allegations in a federal whistleblowers lawsuit that accuses 6 health care providers of keeping $300 million in overpayments the government made from 2008-12.
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President Biden is set to unveil federal grants in Wisconsin to remove or retrofit highways that separate minority neighborhoods in many cities from jobs, hospitals and other services.
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New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with their patients, some by answering messages and others by taking notes during exams.
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The company, which has struggled to absorb Family Dollar since acquiring that chain in 2015, declined to say whether any of its 87 stores in Maine will be closed.
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Plus, plans change for a food truck park in Freeport, 2DineIn eliminates tipping, Thai Esaan's limited reopening and a new hospitality podcast.
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President Biden has said if Congress passes the measure, he will sign it.
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Despite February's elevated figures, most economists expect inflation to continue slowly declining this year.
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The road project will add a roundabout on outer Congress Street, near Exit 5 of Interstate 295, to help reconnect a Portland neighborhood that was divided when the highway was built in the 1960s.
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The investors who have been behind Freeport Village Station since it opened in 2009 have hired a Boston-based real estate management group to oversee the large downtown shopping center after they purchased the property for $20 million.
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A $20 a month subscription fee would have $1.10 in tax added to it. Half of U.S. states are already applying a similar tax on subscriptions to Spotify, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more.
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Democratic leaders and a group of Republicans seek to shift oversight of Maine's clean car standards from a citizen board to state lawmakers.
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Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report.
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Heat pumps have been mainly an option for owners of houses. But new designs are making them practical for apartments, too.
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Nearly all U.S. teens (95%) have access to a smartphone, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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The reported drug use of Elon Musk, Sergey Brin and the murdered Cash App executive Bob Lee has brought fresh attention to how the business world is affected by rising use of psychedelics.
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In October Wyndham rejected an unsolicited $8 billion buyout offer from Choice. Wyndham runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands.
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No teaching positions were eliminated, according to college President Joseph Cassidy.
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Reddit anticipates that the IPO will be priced between $31 and $34 per share.
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Tyson is joining the nonprofit Tent Partnership for Refugees with a plan to hire some of the 181,400 migrants that have come through New York City’s intake system over the last 2 years.