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Alabama lawmakers approve legislation to ensure Biden is on November ballot
Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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at 9:22 AMA year after its founder's death, the manufacturer of AR-15-style rifles has relaunched and its new owners are looking forward to rising sales.
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at 11:32 AMThey say increasing the minimum length of a harvestable lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch will prevent them from catching their most popular crustaceans.
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Bettors wagered nearly $14 million more than they did in February, but the state took in about $150,000 less.
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May 1Kay Ballinger, of Glenburn, faces up to 15 years in prison for the scheme to steal funds for low-income renters.
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May 1The decision comes amid updates to U.S. dietary guidelines that generated pushback from Maine lawmakers.
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May 1Regulators decided Wednesday that U.S. fishermen will be allowed to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds of the eels per year. That quota will stand through at least 2027.
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May 1Hobbs said in a statement that she looks forward to quickly signing the repeal into law.
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May 1Republicans in Congress have denounced the protests and demanded action to stop them, thrusting university officials into the center of the charged political debate over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
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May 1Colby officials responded to the initial email, sent by a group that calls itself "Colby Action for Palestine."
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May 1Spurwink offers programs for people with intellectual disabilities, substance use disorder, foster care services, among other services.
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May 1The singer posted an emotional video reminding fans that hate has no place in her 'Idol' family.
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May 1The Fed chair stressed, as he has before, that the central bank's decision on when to cut rates will depend on the latest economic data.
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at 10:49 AMPlans for the park on the Skowhegan-Canaan line include building a road with parking on the west side of the park, turning a former social hall into an event venue and outdoor recreation base camp and renovating five aging cabins on the lake.
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May 1Jack D. Teixeira, the airman convicted of leaking classified U.S. secrets on the chat app Discord, faces military criminal proceedings this month.
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May 1Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly railed against several rounds of U.S. and Western sanctions, claiming last year that they are 'illegitimate sanctions' on his country.
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May 1The decision covers 317,000 borrowers who attended the defunct for-profit chain of schools from January 2004 to October 2017.
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May 1Senate 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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May 1Dancers displayed power and grace in the company's signature style throughout the performance Tuesday.
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May 1Russia 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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May 1Tax credits aimed at cultivating a domestic EV and battery manufacturing industry were a key element of Biden’s signature climate bill.
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May 1The 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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May 1Michael 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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May 1Johnson 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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May 1Attorney General Merrick Garland recommends loosening restrictions on marijuana, a historic shift in federal drug policy.
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May 1Maine'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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May 1Police 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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May 1Tent 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 11:43 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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May 1Critics 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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May 1Gagnon 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.