The gunmen in 2 of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in the killings after they turned 18.
Carol Semple
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Pfizer to conduct Lyme disease vaccine trial in Maine
The trial, held at Northern Light Health system in Brewer, will span over 13 months and require patients to take 2 shots 2 months apart.
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Hiker dies after fall from Virginia cliff along Appalachian Trail
A man from the Netherlands fell off a cliff just north of the summit of McAfee Knob.
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Jury sides with Johnny Depp in libel case, awards him $10 million
Jurors also found that Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard was defamed by one of Depp’s lawyers and awarded her $2 million.
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John Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan
Hinckley has shown no signs of active mental illness since the mid-1980s, a federal judge noted Wednesday, and has exhibited no violent behavior or interest in weapons.
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Pressure growing to remove contaminant PFAS from fast food wrappers
Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of companies to remove PFAS from their packaging. Maine has a law banning PFAS from being purposely added to food packaging.
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U.S., Germany agree to supply advanced weapons to Ukraine
Western arms have been critical to Ukraine’s success in stymieing Russia’s much larger and better-equipped military.
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New Hampshire boy, 8, killed by man shooting at cars in South Carolina
Quarius Naqua Dunham was a 3rd-grade student at Little Harbour School in Portsmouth.
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Supreme Court order could affect Pennsylvania Senate primary count
The temporary order could affect the tight Republican Senate primary between former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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Biden and Fed chairman plot inflation fight as nation worries
Like the president, the Fed wants to slow inflation without knocking the U.S. economy into recession, a highly sensitive mission.