Colby Carrier of Skowhegan and Zach Morris of Durham to test their mettle in national high school championship event.
June 2022
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
The action is part of a sweeping effort by the agency to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.
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State to reimburse 2022 license costs for fishing, aquaculture industries
The state will use $8.3 million in federal funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act to reimburse the costs of commercial harvesting licenses and some fees.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
L.L. Bean donates $850,000 to USM for campus, scholarships
The money will help pay for a new career center under construction and a scholarship in environmental science.
Posted inNation & World
Feds: Ghislaine Maxwell deserves at least 30 years in prison
Prosecutors made their recommendations to the judge who will sentence the British socialite for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Maine’s COVID infection rate drops to lowest in the nation
The number of hospitalized patients in Maine edged higher Thursday.
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Turner Highlands Golf Course owner dies when riding mower overturns
By Thursday afternoon, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other agencies had joined the investigation.
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Commentary: Would closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ in gun legislation save lives? Here’s what the research says
The U.S. Congress appears close to passing a bipartisan gun safety bill that would represent the first federal gun safety legislation to be passed in a generation. The proposed law is limited in scope, but among the provisions is a proposal to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” which allows some people with a record of […]
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U.S. artistic swimmer who fainted underwater at world championships rescued by coach
‘I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren’t doing it,’ said Coach Andrea Fuentes, who rescued two-time Olympian Anita Alvarez.
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European Union makes Ukraine a candidate for EU membership
The EU also gave candidate status to the tiny country of Moldova, another former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine.