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‘Maine has lost sight of parents’ and children’s right to be together’: The case of Barni A.
A state supreme court case found a mother’s parental rights were unfairly terminated, providing a rare glimpse inside the opaque child welfare system.
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May 27The brand announced last year that it would retire its Munch’s Make-Believe Bands except one 'permanent residency' in Northridge, Calif., which the company says has become a destination for wistful parents.
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May 27More than 2.9 million travelers were screened at U.S. airports on Friday, surpassing a previous record set last year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to the Transportation Security Agency.
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May 27One proposal would let the WHO director-general declare a 'pandemic emergency.'
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May 27Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident 'tragic' in an address to parliament Monday but vowed to gain 'absolute victory' in Gaza.
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May 27Iran has maintained its nuclear program is peaceful, but the IAEA chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, has already warned that the capital has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make 'several' nuclear bombs.
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May 27Ukraine has repeatedly tried to strike behind Russian lines, often with drones, though Russia’s response to the new technology used in unmanned vehicles has improved in recent months.
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May 27Target, Walmart and other chains have rolled out price cuts – some permanent, others temporary – with the stated aim of giving their customers some relief.
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May 27EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell threw his full weight to support the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, including the leaders of Hamas.
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May 27Israel asserts that it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt its offensive in Rafah.
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May 27Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred, and it was not immediately clear how officials arrived the number of people affected.
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But industry leaders and experts say much work still remains to stabilize the industry.
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Finding people to take on summer jobs has been difficult in recent years. While some employers are still struggling, 'it's nowhere near where it was,' a leader of the state's hospitality industry said.
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May 27The most direct link between climate change and public health in Maine can be found between warming temperatures and heat-related illnesses and diseases spread by ticks that no longer die off in winter.
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May 26Councilors are also considering restrictions on the landfill's use to further lengthen the lifespan of the city-owned landfill.
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May 26A severe cyclone has formed over the Bay of Bengal.
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May 26In Texas, about 100 people were injured and more than 200 homes and structures destroyed.
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May 26The presumptive Republican nominee normally confines himself to audiences of confirmed supporters.
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May 26Israel has moved steadily to the right and the Democratic Party to the left in recent years, while memories of the Holocaust, which long undergirded Americans’ sympathy for Israel, have increasingly faded into the past.
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May 26This is shaping up to be the first COVID wave with barely any federal pressure to limit transmission and little data to even declare a surge.
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May 26One of the most beloved and beautiful stretches of the Down East Sunrise Trail reopened this week, months after being hit by winter storms.
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His credits include 'The Grapes of Wrath,' 'Leave Her to Heaven' and 'Men of Boys Town.'
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May 26Elopement – when a resident wanders out of a care home – is a real risk, particularly for people with dementia. But in the vast majority of cases, the facilities are never inspected and rarely sanctioned.
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May 26Flamingos flourished in Florida in the 1800s, with colonies of more than 1,000 living around the Keys and the Everglades. Researchers say shallow, salty mud flats in Florida Bay between the Keys and the mainland suit their feeding and nesting preferences.
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May 26Minaj documented the incident on social media.
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May 26Groups of settler youth are tailing relief convoys, setting up checkpoints and interrogating drivers. In some cases, far-right attackers have ransacked and burned trucks and beaten Palestinian drivers, leaving at least two hospitalized.
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May 26Christopher Twigg, 53, lost control of his truck while driving near Richville Road in Standish.
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May 26While Macron is a frequent visitor to Germany as Paris and Berlin try to coordinate their positions on EU and foreign policy, this is the first state visit with full pomp since Jacques Chirac came in 2000.
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May 26Richard Sherman, along with his brother Robert, were the ideal match for Disney’s family film factory, where they built a career creating what Richard Sherman once described as 'upbeat, spirited, happy songs that make people feel good.'
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May 26Over 670 people died in a massive Papua New Guinea landslide, UN estimates, as survivors seek safetyThe numbers of injured and missing were still being assessed on Sunday. Seven people including a child had received medical treatment by Saturday, but officials had no details on their conditions.
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May 26Earlier Sunday, aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel under a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month.
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An unusual case in Midcoast Maine, which involves feuding landowners and a town-owned beach, is still unfolding. It all started with a pesticide.
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The behavioral health nonprofit named Maine Needs founder Angela Stone its Humanitarian of the Year.
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May 27More Maine households are relying on the state's network of food pantries and meal programs to bring home enough groceries to feed their families, according to Good Shepherd Food Bank.
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The new law is aimed at giving consumers more transparency about prices – including on menus.
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May 25A group of Vermont dairy farmworkers is asking the grocery chain to sign on to a program that it says will help improve living and working conditions for migrant farm workers.
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May 25Jessica Carter, 40, of Lewiston was killed Friday evening when she collided with a Volkswagen Beetle.
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May 25Ten fellows graduated on Saturday from the city-organized initiative, launched in 2020.
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May 26An unnamed man was treated and released for stab wounds early Saturday morning after an incident near the Sabattus, College and Horton streets intersection, police said.
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The blogger falsely claimed that the performer exposed himself to a crowd, including children, in 2022.
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Failed Graceland sale by a mystery entity highlights attempts to take assets of older or dead peopleA mysterious company has caused a stir for trying to auction Elvis Presley's Graceland property in a foreclosure sale.
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May 25A court on Thursday granted the ACLU’s petition to add Attorney General Aaron Frey to a suit that accuses the state of failing to provide lawyers to poor Mainers.
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In less than a decade, Right Side Broadcasting Network has gone from an upstart internet broadcaster to a major player in Donald Trump’s universe.
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May 25The filing came in response to a number of statements from Trump or his campaign, including a fundraising appeal that screamed 'Biden’s DOJ was authorized to shoot me!'
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Alaska’s new electoral system – with open primaries and ranked-choice voting – has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box.
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Families said January's Alaska Airlines door panel blowout has altered the path of their emotional battle for stronger measures against the powerful aircraft manufacturer.
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May 25Pak, 86, began serving a life sentence in 2016 for fatally shooting 19-year-old Derrick Thompson and 18-year-old Alivia Welch.
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May 25The upside-down flag has long been a sign of distress for the military and protest by various political factions.
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May 25The Biden administration stands apart from the global community – though it is opposed to a major offensive in Rafah, the administration also insists that the steps its close ally Israel has taken so far have not crossed red lines.
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May 25The amusement park was privately owned by Yuvraj Singh Solanki and Bhargava said that police will file a case of negligence against him.
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May 25Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin’s army is attempting to create a 'buffer zone' in the Kharkiv region to prevent Ukrainian cross-border attacks.
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May 25An assessment team reported 'suggestions' that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province a few hours before dawn Friday.
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After an injury plagued 2023 season, Mayer is healthy and generating plenty of buzz at Hadlock Field.
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Court documents detail how Portland police identified the shooting suspect, but still don't divulge what may have led to the shooting.
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May 25House leaders say they didn't have the votes in one of the most heavily lobbied pieces of legislation this session, frustrating and angering advocates.
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Donald Trump has already had restrictions placed on his speech in 2 of the other cases over incendiary comments officials say threaten the integrity of the prosecutions.
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May 24The president responded about 3 weeks after Gov. Janet Mills requested the federal declaration to help communities recover from the 2-day storm.
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May 24A cease-and-desist letter from Trump’s lawyers accuses Cannes standout 'The Apprentice' of defamation and foreign election interference.
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May 24Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic will seek FDA approval to dramatically expand the number of patients eligible for the shots.
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May 24The airline is changing law firms after a controversial filing in a lawsuit brought by the family of a child who was recorded using an airplane lavatory.
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May 24Several tornadoes have been reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees.