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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
The decision infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could help the president avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.
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Mills vetoes bill requiring that developers of clean energy projects work with unions
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Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest
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Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators, will continue anti-war camp
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at 7:41 PMA Colorado judge has sentenced former paramedic Jeremy Cooper to probation. He had faced up to 3 years in prison for his conviction of criminally negligent homicide.
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at 6:09 PMThe 75-year-old monarch has taken a three-month break from the public eye to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.
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at 7:25 PMEleven communal office companies – including 6 in southern Maine – were awarded a total of $500,000 as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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at 5:18 PMOfficials in Augusta want to consider prohibiting or regulating a cannabis extraction process that uses flammable materials.
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37 mins agoThe new funding – the largest tranche of USAI aid sent to date – also includes the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, as well as Switchblade and Puma drones, counter-drone systems and artillery.
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at 4:23 PMThe restaurant, displaced by a fire in 2021, had faced operational difficulties this winter because of the chef's ongoing medical crisis.
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56 mins agoCoffee By Design and baristas who are a part of Local 327 of the Laborers' International Union of North America have reached an agreement that includes 2 pay increases within a year.
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5 mins agoThe bill aimed to reduce the tax burden for middle-income residents while also raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Janet Mills said it would not provide meaningful relief and could create challenges for state budgeting.
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at 4:04 PMThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has concerns about changes Tesla made to the driver assistance system as part of a December recall.
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at 4:16 PMAncora Holdings Group is pushing for a new CEO at Norfolk Southern – but not because it wants the railroad to spend more on safety initiatives.
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at 3:43 PMMuch of the money is going to new data centers, which are predicted to place huge demands on an already-strained U.S. power grid.
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at 3:47 PMWith President Biden signing a bill that could ban TikTok, groups such as GriefTok and DeafTok fear they’ll lose an inimitable source of comfort and connection.
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at 3:44 PMMost economists say the underlying momentum of the U.S. economy remains strong. But growth and jobs – which have been surprisingly sturdy – have generated little tangible benefit to Biden’s hopes for reelection.
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at 6:48 PMIn a last-minute deal and after a jury already had reached a verdict, Damion Butterfield pleaded guilty last year to murder in Derald Coffin's fatal shooting.
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35 mins agoJurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on 3 charges of producing child porn and 3 charges of enticement of minors for sex.
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at 3:35 PMMaine state House majority leader Maureen Terry says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden
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at 6:31 PMOne of the demands of anti-war protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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at 7:08 PMDavid Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, returned to the witness stand for a fourth day.
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at 5:35 PMThe newly signed law, which the governor proposed in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting, expands requirements for background checks to include private, advertised sales and also updates the existing yellow flag law.
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24 mins agoA 53-year-old woman from Albion was killed in the 4-vehicle pileup that brought southbound traffic to a standstill Friday morning.
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22 mins agoSen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, got a mixed welcome before speaking to party faithful, many of whom displayed support for former President Donald Trump.
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8 mins agoA report released Friday by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development says the state has hit some of its 2030 targets but has fallen short of 'where we need to be.'
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at 12:34 PMThe Manhattan district attorney's office isn't giving up, which means his accusers could be forced to retell their stories on the witness stand.
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April 25Roughly 300 people assembled to celebrate the lives of the 18 people killed in the Oct. 25 shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille.
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April 25Reginald Collins, 59, turned himself in Wednesday after learning there was a warrant for his arrest.
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at 8:36 AMMoving the station from its current location at Thompson's Point would reduce travel time and improve efficiency of the Downeaster service between Boston and Brunswick.
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April 25The law, a watered-down version of the original legislation, requires health care facilities to post signs to let patients know that facility fees are being charged.
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Two U.S. officials say Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia.
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April 25Travel to the state during the shoulder seasons accounted for 44% of the visitors, up 3.4 percentage points from 2022, according to a report from the Maine Office of Tourism.
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April 25A senior U.S. military official said Thursday the U.S. is on track to begin delivering aid using the new port and pier by early May.
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April 25It's hoped that political change will help quell the gang violence that has killed thousands.
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April 25The bill mirrors almost the same language from a so-called “anti-abortion trafficking” proposal Tennessee Republican lawmakers approved just a day prior.
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April 25Protests against the Israel-Hamas war continue to spread; dozens of students are arrested on other campuses.
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April 25The park has been closed to the public since the Dec. 18 flood, which damaged the park's bandstand and washed away benches and chunks of earth.
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April 25A group of emergency medical personnel challenged the 2021 vaccine mandate, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says a state board had full authority to impose the rule.
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April 25A project to improve water quality for years to come at the popular lake is going swimmingly, the Worromontogus Lake Association reports.
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April 25Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the new rules are targeting pollution that's 'pushing our planet to the brink.'
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April 25The former New York Yankee performed a work he composed in his second career as a classical guitarist.
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April 25For all the ridicule the tabloid received from “serious” journalists, Enquirer reporters hustled and broke some genuine news.
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April 25The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration; under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC subsequently repealed those rules in 2017.
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April 25The decision came as Trump, the presumed Republican candidate for president, spent the day in a criminal courtroom where he is on trial for hush money payments.
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at 8:11 AMThe legislation that U.S. President Biden signed this week could allow Washington to widen its scope to target other China-related apps, such as the popular e-commerce platform Temu.
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April 25Make Portland Chowderfest, a songwriters night at Cadenza in Freeport and the Portland Farmers' Market all part of your plans.
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April 25Pending PUC approval, the ferry service will increase single, round-trip ticket prices 82% on June 1, while lowering prices for longer-term passes, benefiting residents and people who work on the islands.
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at 7:38 AMThe justices on Thursday took up for the first time whether a former president has absolute immunity from criminal charges for actions he took while in office.
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April 25The state Court of Appeals ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
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April 25Daryl Reed, the soldier whom Robert Card threatened during the unit's annual training, and Sean Hodgson, who was Card's closest friend, spoke for the first time in front of the commission investigating the mass shooting.
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April 25The bill, which the governor introduced, is unlikely to overcome her veto after lawmakers amended the legislation to allow farmworkers to be able to sue their employers for violations.
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at 9:33 AMMore than a decade after a Florida developer proposed building apartment towers with retail space and a parking garage, a tangle of lawsuits has prevented the project from moving forward.
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April 24Those indicted include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Christina Bobb, top campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn and former campaign aide Mike Roman.
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April 25The indictment names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. The identities of the seven other defendants were identifiable based on descriptions.
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April 24Four soldiers from the Household Cavalry, which patrols the grounds outside Buckingham Palace, were thrown from their saddles.
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The breakthrough came Wednesday when a second Republican joined all Democrats in voting to overrule the Republican House speaker, who has steadfastly blocked repeal.
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April 24Protesters have a unified demand for their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza.
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April 24If Sheriff Christopher Wainwright is removed, the governor will appoint an interim sheriff to serve until the next scheduled election.
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April 25Starting July 1, employers will be required pay overtime to salaried workers who make less than $43,888 a year in certain executive, administrative and professional roles.
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The endorsement adds to Biden’s considerable union support. The United Auto Workers and the United Steelworkers Union have both backed him.
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The new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance – up to 190 miles – that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the U.S. last October.
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April 25Stacey Neumann has been nominated to fill an upcoming vacancy in the U.S. District Court when Chief Judge Jon Levy retires in May.