Maine is playing ‘catch-up’ to prepare for health impacts of climate change
That's the message the Maine Climate Council hears during the first of 3 scientific briefings geared toward updating the state's climate action plan by the end of the year.
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Business Posted: 2:31 PM
Reddit forges pact with OpenAI to bring content to ChatGPT
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Business Posted: 2:09 PM
The unofficial spokesman for the American muscle car, Tim Kuniskis, is retiring
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Arts & Entertainment Posted: 1:52 PM
Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson demand Kevin Spacey be allowed back in Hollywood
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Varsity Maine Posted: 12:38 PM
Watch: Highlights, interviews from the week of high school sports action
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Do This Posted: 11:46 AM
A Taste of Nations, ‘Angels in America’ and many more things to do this weekend
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Local & State Posted: 11:42 AM
Maine unemployment rate holds steady in April
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Sports Posted: 9:04 AM
Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested near fatal crash. Then he tees off at PGA Championship.
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Nation & World Posted: 8:32 AM
Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana
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Nation & World Posted: 8:02 AM
Hezbollah introduces new weapons, tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
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Health care Posted: 4:00 AM
Maine is playing ‘catch-up’ to prepare for health impacts of climate change
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
Preservation just makes sense
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Opinion Posted: 4:00 AM
Opinion: It’s officially hotter than anytime since the birth of Jesus
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Arts Review
Review: Motown and pop star Diana Ross shows Merrill audience why she’s legendary
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South Portland Sentry
Former police chief sues Q Street Diner in South Portland after a fall
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Cops & Courts
Lewiston shooter’s family testifies before commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
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Outdoors
A remote forest thrives, thanks to Piscataquis County woodswomen
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Cops & Courts
Federal prosecutors accuse 3 Massachusetts men of Saco drive-by shooting
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Schools and Education
University of Southern Maine announces layoffs to take effect Friday
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Cops & Courts
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
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Health care
Maine Med to open 8-story tower as final piece of massive expansion
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Cops & Courts
Former Portland teacher pleads guilty to federal child pornography charge
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Varsity Maine
Record-setting Yarmouth boys’ soccer coach Mike Hagerty steps down
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Local & State
Test your knowledge of Maine news with the Press Herald’s weekly quiz
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Local & State
Maine unemployment rate holds steady in April
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Do This
A Taste of Nations, ‘Angels in America’ and many more things to do this weekend
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Politics
Regulators approve changes to Maine mining laws
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Schools and Education
UMaine System chancellor appointed to international commission against death penalty
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Business
Small businesses, municipalities urged to apply for aid to rebuild after storms
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Business
New ‘fusion taqueria’ to open on Forest Avenue
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Cops & Courts
Maine supreme court upholds manslaughter sentence for woman who abandoned baby at birth
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South Portland Sentry
Former police chief sues Q Street Diner in South Portland after a fall
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Times Record
Navy secretary, Sen. King discuss Navy’s future and BIW’s role at hearing
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Letters
Give Maine’s new bishop a chance
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Sports
Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested near fatal crash. Then he tees off at PGA Championship.
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Nation & World
Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana
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Business
Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
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Politics
House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in Republican-led rebuke of Biden
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Nation & World
Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness
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Nation & World
U.S. Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
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Business
U.S. to end coal leasing in nation’s largest coal-producing region
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Schools and Education
Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote over protests
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Politics
Harris accepts debate invite to face off with Trump’s VP pick, which may come at convention
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card's family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state's deadliest mass shooting.
Melinda French Gates’ $12.5 billion creates path to unrestricted giving
The nonprofit world is watching with interest to see what Bill Gates' former wife will do when she leaves the Gates Foundation next month.
White House blocks release of Biden audio as Republicans move ahead with Garland contempt charge
The audio is at the center of a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
Watch: Highlights, interviews from the week of high school sports action
Here's a sample of action and postgame interviews from around the state taken by our reporters this week.
Thursday’s high school roundup: Thornton Academy halts Sanford’s winning streak
Baseball: The Golden Trojans build a 7-0 lead, then hold on for a 7-6 victory.
Opinion: It’s officially hotter than anytime since the birth of Jesus
In a paper published in the journal Nature this week, scientists used tree rings to plot summer temperatures for the last two millennia. 2023 was the hottest of them all.
The Wrap: Mr. Tuna launches in new digs; Tao Yuan closes and Bao Bao moves north
Liquid Riot sold, to relaunch as Camp Pennant; Stonewall Kitchen comes back to Portland; Oun Lido's opens in Old Port; gluten-free bakery planned for Saco; and more.
Maine Voices Live with musician Clarisse Karasira
Join us for a live conversation with the musician on Tuesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at One Longfellow Square.
Garden tours, plants sales and more ways to spend time among flowers
Visit Maine's botanical gardens or get a sneak peek of what your neighbors are growing in their back yards.