The Senate’s 51-50 vote to start debating the package, with Vice President Kamala Harris pushing Democrats over the top, underscores how they are navigating the package through Congress with virtually no margin for error.
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Audit finds major gaps in U.S. biological weapons detection system
An audit has found gaps in a program intended to provide the U.S. with an early detection system of a biological weapon attack.
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MLB notebook: Inaugural Lou Gehrig Day to be held on June 2
MLB said the day will focus on finding cures and raising money for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Dallas police officer charged with arranging 2 killings
Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the force, was arrested Thursday morning on 2 counts of capital murder, after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed 2 people at the officer’s instruction
Posted inMaine
Officials predict normal to below-normal spring flooding
The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission meets virtually Thursday to discuss ice conditions and possibility of drought this spring.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Man who killed neighbor’s dog in Somerville won’t be prosecuted
Dannie L. Peaslee Sr., who was initially charged with animal cruelty, told police he felt threatened by a dog owned by a neighbor with whom he’d had a longstanding dispute.
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U.S. traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled
And even though traffic is now getting close to pre-coronavirus levels, the bad behavior on the roads is continuing, authorities say.
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NHL notebook: Ovechkin fined maximum of $5,000 for spearing Boston’s Trent Frederic
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin was docked for his stick work in the third period of Washington’s shootout victory Wednesday night.
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Legal expert: Topsham school survey violated law
The survey, part of a civil rights project, sent to Mt. Ararat Middle School students also violated school district policy, according to the superintendent.
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Mid Coast Hospital vaccine clinic opens doors to Mainers 60-plus
As of Wednesday, Mid Coast Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic administered 20,081 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with 8,146 individuals having received both their first and second dose.