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25 mins agoAs Maine leads the country in workplace injury rates, labor advocates are calling on the government to strengthen safety protections and enforcement.
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1 min agoCritics of the new law say it is unconstitutional and hope to block it in court. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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at 4:45 PMRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate last month and told reporters she's laying the groundwork for future consideration.
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at 4:23 PMFormer Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance.
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at 4:46 PMPolice seized 1,854 marijuana plants, 10 pounds of processed marijuana, and other drug-related items from the home, which had the worst case of black mold observed by police during 14 similar busts in Somerset County, Sheriff Dale Lancaster said.
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at 4:07 PMStill to come are votes on the core of the bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage in church law and policy.
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at 3:44 PMIn New Orleans, voters approved a property tax increase, which raised the city's budget for child care. A marijuana sales tax approved last year by voters in Anchorage, Alaska, will generate more than $5 million for early childhood programs. Policy analysts say more people are noticing the link between the economy and child care.
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at 4:29 PMThe converted and expanded No. 2 paper machine, part of the company's switch to a different kind of paper product, is set to open in early 2025.
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at 3:17 PMThe DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.
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at 2:55 PMThe executive editor for the Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group papers said the tech companies shouldn't be allowed to steal 'our work to build their own businesses at our expense.'
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11 mins agoCorson was chair of Guy Gannett Publishing, founded by her grandfather, until the company sold its newspapers, including the Press Herald, to the Seattle Times Co. in 1998.
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at 11:58 AMBreast cancer death rates have fallen as treatment continues to improve. But breast cancer is still the second-most common cause of cancer death for U.S. women.
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at 11:50 AMMethylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a colorless liquid that emits a toxic vapor that has killed at least 88 workers since 1980, the EPA said.
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at 10:18 AMThe former president's trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from Gary Farro, a banker who helped Michael Cohen the account used to buy Stormy Daniels' silence.
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at 7:58 AMThe nationwide campus protests began as a response by some students to Israel’s offensive in Gaza after Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7.
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Service expansions by Breeze, Frontier and other airlines could push summer passenger numbers to 2 million.
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at 9:02 AMContractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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at 3:30 PMGagnon sang 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' the song made famous by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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at 7:03 AMThe average temperature of 52.6 degrees was 1.9 degrees above the long-term average.
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April 29Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.