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Shopping for cannabis in Maine will look different this summer
Babies in dispensaries, ID checks at registers and free samples: Businesses say a new law will improve the 'weird' cannabis shopping experience, reduce the stigma and make it akin to buying alcohol.
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Politics
Lawmakers and advocates make last-ditch push to extend affordable internet subsidy
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Life & Culture
Piping plovers are returning to Maine for the season
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Nation & World
U.S. campus protests spread to the Middle East and Europe
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Arts & Entertainment
Climate change is rarely mentioned in top-rated films of the last decade
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April 30The Israeli prime minister says stopping the war before the nation's goals are achieved is 'out of the question.'
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April 30As 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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53 mins agoCritics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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April 30Rep. 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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April 30Former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance.
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April 30Police 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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April 30Still 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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April 30In 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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April 30The 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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April 30The measure, if enacted, would not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.
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April 30The 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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April 30Corson was chair of Guy Gannett Publishing, the company founded by her grandfather, until it sold its newspapers, including the Press Herald, to the Seattle Times Co. in 1998.
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April 30Breast 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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April 30Methylene 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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April 30After court adjourned, the former president called the gag order 'totally unconstitutional.'
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April 30Officers have taken protesters into custody after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.
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Service expansions by Breeze, Frontier and other airlines could push summer passenger numbers to 2 million.
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April 30Contractors 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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April 30Gagnon sang 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' the song made famous by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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April 30The 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.
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April 29Lawmakers agreed to prohibit airlines from charging extra for families to sit together, and they tripled maximum fines for airlines that violate consumer laws.
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April 29The company, which manufactures an array of motion control technology, plans to move the work it does in Maine to plants in Michigan and Ohio, saying it's 'necessary to maintain our competitiveness in a challenging market.'
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April 29Henry Yuen vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community.
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April 29The weekend storms killed at least 4 people, including an infant.
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April 29Family of a Black teen who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell files lawsuit against homeownerThe teenager, Ralph Yarl, said he was shot in the head, the impact knocking him to the ground, and was then shot in the arm.
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April 29Dr. Merideth Norris is fighting federal charges that she prescribed dangerously high amounts of opioids to her patients.
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April 29Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart.
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April 29In a new report, Amnesty International details Israeli attacks in which, it says, U.S-made weapons were used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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April 29Some residents say the town and state do not do enough to respond to their concerns. Officials say they do what they can, and are following the wishes of voters.
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April 29Hunter Biden asks Fox News to remove sexually explicit images from its website, and demands a retraction or correction over other coverage.
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April 29This week's planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.
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April 29Negotiators aim to conclude a treaty by the end of 2024.
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viaIt was the fifth-warmest year on record for the Gulf of Maine, a body of water critical to commercial fishing and other maritime industries.
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April 29As wealth is disproportionately held by older Americans, its older Americans who are fueling a sustained boost to the U.S. economy.
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April 29Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.
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April 29Officials: The accident, which involved a 33-year-old man whose hand was caught Friday morning in a saw at Kennebec Lumber Co. at 105 S. Main St., is being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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April 29Two people were questioned by police, but not arrests have been made.
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April 29Outgunned, Ukraine’s troops have struggled to fend off Russian advances on the battlefield.
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April 29A joint statement said that Biden and López Obrador have directed their national security aides to 'immediately' put in place concrete measures to reduce the number of unauthorized border crossings.
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April 29ByteDance’s CapCut editing app has become the standard for short-form video. Legislation that could lead to a ban of TikTok could also apply to CapCut.
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April 29Israel-Hamas war protesters and police clash on Texas campus, Columbia University begins suspensionsColleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday.
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April 30The governor let the 72-hour pause pass without her signature, saying she was ‘deeply conflicted.’ She vetoed a second bill that would have banned rapid-fire devices.
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April 29Under the agreement, thousands of customers who were overcharged for electricity would be reimbursed anywhere from $10 to $4,000. But Public Advocate Bill Harwood says stricter sanctions are needed.
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April 29Kare Randall, 25, moved to Maine this year, hoping for a fresh start, but he was found dead of an apparent suicide last week. Family members say there were red flags that Two Bridges Regional Jail overlooked.
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April 29Gagnon sang 'Here I Am' by Bryan Adams on Sunday night, once again winning praise from the 'Idol' judges. She vies for a spot in the top 7 on Monday.
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April 28The intelligence community has found 'no smoking gun' that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death.
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April 28Lewiston code enforcement notified Ramada Hotel and Conference Center management on Sunday that an April 19 condemnation on the 490 Pleasant St. building has been lifted.
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April 28The veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006, following a discredited report on then-President George W. Bush.
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April 29The attacks have caused fear and anxiety among LGBTQ people across the country, some of whom said they are now too anxious to use their local Planet Fitness or set foot in the locker room.
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April 28He has become a prominent voice for Arab American and Muslim voters, not just in Dearborn but across the country, who say that Biden has betrayed and dehumanized them.
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April 28The former president and the Florida governor have been on chilly terms for years and had not spoken since the primary season ended.
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April 29As more outages occur because of bad weather, a federal grant may help the grid better contain disruptions.
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April 28The university’s statement said the activities of the protesters had grown to a level that the school 'cannot tolerate.'
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April 28Students have dug in at dozens of pro-Palestinian encampments around the country.
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April 28Dozens of reported tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the nation's midsection since Friday.
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April 28An Israeli delegation is expected in Egypt in the coming days to discuss the latest proposals in negotiations.
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April 28Qatar, which hosts Hamas headquarters in Doha, has been a key intermediary and was instrumental, along with the U.S. and Egypt, in helping negotiate a brief halt to the fighting in November.
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April 28An evening normally devoted to presidents, journalists and comedians taking outrageous pokes at scandals and each other often seemed this year to illustrate the difficulty of putting aside the election and the troubles in the Middle East and elsewhere.