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Portland-based Covetrus to be taken private in $4 billion deal
The veterinary products and services firm has agreed to an offer by two private equity firms that want to buy the company while retaining its Portland headquarters.
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Relatives worry, mourn in wake of Texas elementary school shooting
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Search for U.S. Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel
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In U.S. House races, Greene and McBath win; Cuellar in runoff
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Biden says ‘we have to act’ after Texas school shooting
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May 24Tuesday morning's pileup sent one person to the hospital and tied up traffic on the heavily traveled York County highway
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May 24In 2021, the legislature passed a law expanding access to guns: permitless carry.
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May 24U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of her committee assignments last year by House Democrats who accused her of spreading violent and hateful conspiracies.
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21 mins agoState Fire Marshal Joe Thomas said Tuesday that investigators may never know the cause of Monday's fire at the Beach Cove Waterfront Inn.
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May 24A Portland city councilor says the governor has "largely ignored" the crisis, while a state representative and party leader called the administrations response "absolutely abysmal."
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May 24More than one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas considered high risk with the Northeast hit the hardest.
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May 24Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, a school where 26 students and educators were killed in 2012.
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May 24There have been dozens of shootings and other attacks connected to U.S. schools and colleges over the years.
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May 24Food experts say strict regulations set by the Food and Drug Administration have long limited competition.
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May 24Critics accused the retail giant of commercializing a solemn holiday meant to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas.
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May 24A veteran of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he was tasked by director George Lucas with making the film's ships look realistic but with "a comic book nobility."
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May 24Gov. Eric Holcomb says he stands by his decision to veto because the bill suggests 'there is an existing problem in K-12 sports' but he found no evidence of the claims.
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May 24A state criminalist has testified that investigators didn’t find a DNA profile for the man accused of killing his wife’s co-worker on items recovered in the case.
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May 24Federal prosecutors in Maryland say a West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to sending threatening emails to Dr. Anthony Fauci and others.
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May 24Wheat prices have gone up more than 50 percent this year.
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at 8:36 AMShe was known for her keen eye for art and gracious nature.
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May 24Many soon-to-be retirees are also terrified about inflation. Social Security has a built-in adjustment, but it doesn’t keep up with real inflation.
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May 24Some on social media recently criticized Skowhegan Savings Bank after an art display was removed from the building that depicted a 1907 strike, but the bank says it only sought to have another display featured because it better represented the bank's history.
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May 24Board members of the Southern Baptist Convention's administrative arm issued an apology Tuesday to survivors.
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17 mins agoThe governor says the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old man, also died and was believed to be killed by responding officers.
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Russia has seized significant chunks of territory around the Crimean Peninsula that it annexed 8 years ago, and has managed to cut Ukraine off from the Sea of Azov.
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at 12:30 AMMariupol was relentlessly pounded during a nearly three-month siege that ended last week after some 2,500 Ukrainian fighters abandoned a steel plant where they had made their stand.
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May 24Researchers believe long COVID may affect up to 30% of people who get COVID-19, though some studies have found that being vaccinated may reduce a person’s risk of developing long COVID if they catch COVID-19.
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May 24The Maine Board of Environmental Protection rescheduled the meetings, originally set for this month, because of COVID-19 concerns.
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May 24A mistrial was declared because a witness in the case tested positive for COVID-19.
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May 24In Maine's 2nd District, primary contender Bruce Poliquin says yes to aid; Liz Caruso says no
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May 24A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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May 24Kissinger is a longtime advocate of a realpolitik approach that has nations putting their practical aims in front of morals and principles.
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May 24Andrew Huber Young, 19, who is charged with murder, was ordered to have no contact with his father and brother, who were injured in the shooting at their family home Saturday. He also is barred from contact with the mother of Octavia Huber-Young, the toddler who was shot and killed.
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May 24Michigan’s elections bureau says five Republican candidates for governor, including James Craig, failed to file enough valid nominating signatures and shouldn't qualify for the August primary.
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May 24While daily case counts have declined from earlier this month, new omicron subvariants continue to circulate and drive a wave of infections.
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May 24The Boss is hitting the road again.
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The state’s main electricity and gas provider will be sold to a Pennsylvania-based corporation.
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The Barron Center has 80 open jobs. Just over a third of its positions are unfilled.
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May 24There have been 2 incidents where a substantial amount of money was taken from the victims, authorities say.
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May 24A report by an independent firm contracted by the Southern Baptist Convention said survivors of abuse by SBC clergy repeatedly shared allegations with the Executive Committee, 'only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC.'
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Should Russia’s creditors declare a default, the work-out would likely be lengthy and could involve the courts.
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May 24Three months after the Feb. 24 invasion, many ordinary Russians are reeling from blows to their livelihoods and emotions.
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May 24The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. at the Beach Cove Waterfront Inn, according to Wiscasset Deputy Fire chief John Merry.
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May 23A judge has granted Pine Tree Legal's request for a restraining order, preventing the Majestic Regency Resort in Wells from evicting 10 renters who were told last week they had days to move out or face arrest.
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The derecho carves a path of destruction from southern Ontario to southeast Quebec, leaving at least 10 people dead.
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May 23Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it will start publicly providing more details about the demographics and interests of audiences who are targeted with political ads.
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A 4,970-mile forest is planned through 11 nations to hold back the Sahara and fight the effects of climate change.
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Meanwhile, a veteran Kremlin diplomat resigns and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for 'maximum' sanctions.
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May 23Allegations include having a relationship with a staffer, accepting a trip to Aruba and improperly using campaign funds.
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May 24UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
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May 24Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine.
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The Stowe Mountain Resort employee was traveling over 80 mph when he hit the platform.
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May 24A letter from 79 nonprofits and community organizations calls for state coordination, including the opening of emergency housing sites, to address the ongoing influx of asylum seekers into Maine.
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The illnesses are considered rare, and the best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn't known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids.
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The pact aims to help the economies work more closely on supply chains, digital trade, clean energy, worker protections and anti-corruption efforts.
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May 23Armando Barron is accused of using his wife's cellphone to lure Jonathan Amerault to a park where he killed him.
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A new study projects that nearly 1.9 billion people could face food insecurity by November.