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Houston braces for flooding to worsen in wake of storms
In some areas, waters from the nearby San Jacinto River rose from about 1 foot Friday to about 4 feet Saturday.
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50 mins agoNot a single person is seen in the footage obtained late Friday, and no building in Ocheretyne appears to have been left untouched by the fighting.
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The Democrat and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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at 12:03 PMCities are frustrated by 911 calls from senior facilities to help residents off the floor or toilet. Some are now charging fees, but facilities keep calling.
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at 1:37 PMThe group is pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted.
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May 3Matthew Fowler, 34, of Haverhill, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault, police said.
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May 3People living in smaller residences, 800 square feet or less, were exposed to the highest concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, according to the study.
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May 3BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.
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May 3'Dreamers' will be able to access tax breaks when they sign up for health care this fall.
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Dirigo Elementary School Principal Charlie Swan is recognized Friday.
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May 3The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar.
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May 3The former aide said Donald Trump was worried about his wife Melania's reaction to alleged affairs.
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May 3Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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May 3Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed 4 unarmed students and wounded 9 others on May 4, 1970.
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May 3The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have 'irreversible consequences' for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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May 3Eleven people with ties to Maine have been charged, and most sentenced, for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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May 3Sissle and Daughters will serve coffee drinks, 'exciting wines' and light fare.
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May 3Benjamin Bowden, 26, was arrested Friday on 5 misdemeanor charges for allegedly participating with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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May 3Gov. Jeff Landry clapped back, posting 'You can't always get what you want.'
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May 3Her remarks serve as a sort of warning for business leaders who may overlook Trump’s disregard for modern democratic norms because they prefer the former president's vision of achieving growth by slashing taxes.
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May 3Future war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the U.S. the ability to penetrate airspace without high risk to pilot lives.
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May 3The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Rockport on May 30.
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May 3The biggest antitrust trial in more than two decades has revolved around how much Google derives its strength from contracts with companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine preloaded on cellphones and computers.
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May 3The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy.
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May 3The agreements to even discuss divestment mark a major shift on an issue that has been controversial for years, with opponents of a long-running campaign to boycott Israel saying it veers into antisemitism.
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May 3Like many Americans, Jewish students’ views on the war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are wide-ranging and often nuanced.
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May 3A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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12 mins agoThe support of fans from Maine and around the country has helped propel Gagnon to the final seven contestants. She'll next appear on the show Sunday.
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May 3The U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday that federal authorities are investigating an estimated 100 illegal growing sites in Maine, as well as similar activities in 19 other states.
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May 3Jurors on Thursday heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump.
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May 3Police have not identified the driver of a black Nissan Versa who they say crashed head-on into a tractor trailer.
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Marc Lesperance has filed a second suit over the city law requiring dogs in the park to be on a leash at all times between April and July.
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Scientists want to learn how the weather and other wildlife influence deer tick populations and the health risks to humans. The state already has recorded 261 Lyme disease cases this year.
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Six months into bargaining, administrators and the union have reached tentative agreements on just two of 22 contract issues.
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May 2Over more than 30 books, Auster often used New York as a backdrop for stories of characters struggling to make sense of life’s random chaos.
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May 2A tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel crashed in Norwalk on Thursday morning. There were no injuries but there was significant damage to a highway overpass, which must now be demolished.
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May 2The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about 3 weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s decision to order out all U.S. troops.
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May 2One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
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May 2In 2022, just 4.5% of calls that came into Maine fire departments were for fires. Almost three-quarters were for medical assistance.
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May 2Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn't yet seen an animal treat itself in this way.
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May 2The disease may spread more easily spread among people but it seems to have a lower death rate, authorities said.
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May 2Parents are supposed to have 10 to 14 days to respond to accusations, but instead are sometimes waiting weeks or months while their children are placed elsewhere.
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May 2Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him – head first and face down – into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace.
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May 3The money for St. Mary's Regional Medical Center will go toward renovations to its addiction rehabilitation program that will help improve patient care and support staff.
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May 3There are not enough appointments available for people whether they have MaineCare insurance, private insurance or are self-pay patients, according to the Maine Dental Association.
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May 2The effort to repeal the long-dormant law, which bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life, won final legislative approval on Wednesday.
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May 2President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.
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May 2U.S. Central Command said an investigation into the May 3 strike concluded that U.S. forces misidentified the intended al-Qaida target 'and that a civilian, Mr. Lufti Hasan Masto, was struck and killed.'
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May 2Meanwhile, authorities say they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the March 26 collapse.
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May 2Joshua Chard, Maine's 2024 Teacher of the Year, was listed among the guests attending the dinner.
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May 2The South Portland shop will be located at the former Bed Bath & Beyond building at 200 Running Hill Road.
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May 2In the last 24 hours, protests that have drawn the most attention were at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday.
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May 2At the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village farm in New Gloucester, sheep are shorn once a year in the spring. This year, the farm has 73 sheep and it took most of a day to shear them all. Shaker Village, which was established in 1783 and is the only active Shaker community in the world, is home to two remaining Shakers, Brother Arnold Hand and Sister June Carpenter. Photos by staff photographer Gregory Rec.
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May 2Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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at 8:19 AMPut opening day at the Seashore Trolley Museum, an all-Go-Go's musical and brunch at a new restaurant on your calendar.
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May 2Augusta police said the 19-year-old man, who was hit while crossing Water Street, near Laurel Street, was being treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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May 2If Israel does agree to end the war in return for a full hostage release, it would be a major turnaround.
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May 2The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016.
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May 2Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide.