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Northern lights likely to put on a show in Maine on Friday, Saturday nights
The aurora borealis is difficult to predict, but keep an eye on the northern sky on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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at 6:48 PMScammer jailed in Maine who claimed to be an Irish heiress should be extradited to U.K., judge rulesMarianne Smyth, who claimed to be an Irish heiress and a witch, was arrested in February and has been in a Maine jail waiting to learn if she will be extradited.
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at 5:40 PMKavanaugh said some high court decisions from the 1950s and '60s on monumental issues including the iconic Brown v. Board of Education case that ended legal segregation in public schools – were unpopular when they were issued.
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41 mins agoGary Porter's defense attorney says he plans to file a motion for a competency evaluations.
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46 mins agoBiden has tried to walk an ever-finer line in his support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war against Hamas.
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at 6:25 PMThe Portland garden will reopen next month with new raised beds. But some gardeners say they may not return and the city still has to finish testing other gardens.
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at 4:06 PMThe Ukrainian president warned on Thursday that his country was facing 'a really difficult situation' in the east.
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at 5:07 PMGov. Janet Mills has warned lawmakers that the state budget was near a "breaking point" and urged them to only take up her half-dozen vetoes.
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at 3:54 PMMcDonald’s has called child-labor violations rare.
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at 3:57 PMIf you believe there’s a risk strangers or someone you know could be stalking you, don’t add your devices to this digital narc network.
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at 3:53 PMThe new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus known as Type A H5N1.
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at 12:50 PMTarget, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, said decisions about where to stock Pride-themed products, including adult apparel, home goods, foods and beverages would be based on 'guest insights and consumer research.'
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at 5:34 PMBean died March 23 at the age of 82.
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58 mins agoA 72-year-old woman was extricated from her car with serious injuries and taken by ambulance to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where she died of injuries suffered in the crash.
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at 4:43 PMTrump's former attorney is expected to take the witness stand next week.
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at 11:05 AMThe U.N.'s World Food Program will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza by Saturday unless more aid arrives.
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at 6:34 PMThe driver of the truck was taken to the hospital after the Thursday evening crash, but the bees were largely spared and made it to their final destination in Washington County, officials said.
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at 6:56 PMThe Kennebec Water District ran into problems when it excavated at the site of two separate water main breaks that had occurred May 3 and Tuesday.
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5 mins agoAll override efforts failed Friday and the Legislature has yet to override a veto by Gov. Janet Mills, who has rejected 49 bills since taking office.
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at 12:06 PMExperts generally advise putting it toward debt and savings, but, for many people, that's unrealistic.
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at 10:56 AMChris Rhoades, an owner of the Time & Temperature Building, says a developer plans to build 250 affordable housing units there but is relying on federal tax credits.
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The flashing blue lights atop poles in some Maine parking lots are designed to deter criminals, but some question the balance of safety vs. privacy.
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U.S. Marshals said they apprehended Robert Clark, 36, following investigative tips that led to Maine.
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May 9The video was released hours after the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson publicly disputed that the sheriff's deputy acted in self-defense.
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May 9Figures released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges showed continuing declines after the group first spotted the difference in an analysis last year.
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May 9Adam Montgomery was convicted of killing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery and moving her corpse around for months. A prosecutor offered to lessen the sentence if he revealed the location of the girl's remains.
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May 9Garry Jenkins said the college needs to help some students pay for necessary extras.
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May 9Opal Sandy, an 18-month-old from England, is the youngest child to come close to 'normal hearing levels' in a gene therapy trial to aid her genetic deafness.
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May 9State and local first responders investigating the incident say the man died at the scene near mile marker 19 on the southbound side of the highway.
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May 9Putin has turned Victory Day – the country's most important secular holiday – into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine.
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May 9The Air Sénégal flight was headed to neighboring Mali late Wednesday with 79 passengers, 2 pilots and 4 crew members aboard.
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at 3:00 PMWinslow Deputy Police Chief Randy Wing said Thursday that no further packages containing fentanyl pills have been received, and the investigation into who sent an estimated $2 million worth of synthetic opioid pills continues.
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May 9U.S. Sen. Angus King said the law 'would establish reasonable guardrails and set a minimum age for users of social media to protect our children from tech companies exploiting and manipulating the youngest Americans.'
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May 9Cars are now the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found.
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May 9A decorated Marine, he led dissent against the Vietnam War and called for President Richard Nixon’s impeachment over his conduct of the war.
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May 9District leadership said they think consolidating the schools would help them provide high quality education and facilities.
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May 9Trevor Bickford, 20, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of attempted murder and other charges for attacking police at Times Square with a machete.
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May 9Lee Ann Daigle, 60, argued that an Aroostook County judge violated her due process rights because of the way he questioned her remorse at her sentencing last summer.
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at 11:01 AMWith the state's homeless shelters struggling, legislators have what might be their final opportunity Friday to prevent some shelters from closing for good.
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May 9The ad, released Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing creative instruments, including a piano, cameras and piles of paint.
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May 9The candidate’s vocal disdain for wind farms is another worry for developers, who’ve faced high costs and supply chain woes.
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May 9The shift in policy is part of a broader attempt in the technology industry to provide more safeguards for artificial intelligence usage.
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May 9A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and the country's biggest farmworker union over how a group of workers organized under a recently enacted labor law.
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May 9The pronouncements are part of last-ditch push for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government to rethink their public commitments to invade the city in an effort to eradicate Hamas.
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May 9The ultranationalist prime minister's remarks indicated that Israel might proceed with an invasion of the packed Gazan city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally.
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May 9Remarkably resilient spending by U.S. consumers overall has been one of the main reasons the economy has avoided a recession, at least so far.
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May 9Weinstein's attorney said California first needs to produce a warrant.
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May 9The Fogcutters bring back their Big Band Syndrome show to the State Theatre on Friday night.
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May 9Maine State Police say it appears the driver of a Jeep lost control as he tried to pass another car on on I-95.
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May 9Awarding contract for athletic complex construction to Skowhegan selectman’s firm leads to questionsWentworth Partners & Associates, run by Selectman Steven Govoni, was the only company to submit a bid for the clerk of works contract.
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May 9Trump’s lawyers have sought to paint the adult film actor as a liar and extortionist who’s trying to take down Trump after drawing money and fame from her story about him.
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May 9Greenlaw, who starred in football and baseball at Portland High and the University of Nebraska in the 1950s, packed a rare combination of speed and power in his 5-foot-11, 190-pound frame.
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May 9Glitches with the new Federal Application for Federal Student Aid form have been blamed for fewer applications nationwide in 2023. In Maine, 23% fewer students had applied for the aid that will help them decide which college to attend or whether to go to college at all.
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May 8Such foods encompass a broad category, including cookies, doughnuts, potato chips, hot dogs, white bread and frozen meals.
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The decision comes from an appellate court that in recent years has become one of the most progressive in the country.
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May 9So far this year, 42 people have died on Maine roads, an increase over 29 deaths at this time in 2023, but the numbers have seesawed up and down since 2020.
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May 8Kennedy’s campaign spokeswoman said he contracted a parasite years ago while traveling 'extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.'
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May 8The president said the U.S. is committed to provide defensive weapons, but won't ship offensive weapons out of concern for the more than 1 million civilians sheltering in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
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May 8A group including 2 Republican lawmakers has argued that legislative leaders violated the state constitution by passing a party-line budget and then calling a special session to finish other work. But an assistant attorney general told the court the process was lawful.
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May 8Maine Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden voted with the majority as Republicans tried to oust their own speaker, stirring an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.