The reptiles usually get into homes through bathroom vents on the roof, and crews are scrambling to keep up with calls from distressed homeowners.
Carol Semple
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U.S. health advisory panel endorses booster shot for J&J vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration, whose approval is needed, isn’t bound by the vote but its ultimate decision could help expand the nation’s booster campaign.
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Real estate heir Robert Durst sentenced to life for murder of best friend
The New York man was convicted of murdering a confidante who was preparing to tell police she provided a phony alibi for him after his wife vanished in 1982.
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Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Trump’s ex-aide Steve Bannon
His defiance is a crucial moment for the House committee, whose members are vowing to restore the binding force of congressional subpoenas after they were routinely flouted during Donald Trump’s time in office.
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Maine senators join new push to protect U.S. wildlife
In Maine, that would include the New England cottontail rabbit.
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Democrats face ‘difficult decisions’ as they work to whittle Biden’s plan to $2 trillion
Time is growing short for the president on what has been his signature domestic policy initiative, first unveiled in March and now having consumed much of his fitful first year in office.
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Penobscot becomes latest Maine jail to limit new bookings because of COVID-19 outbreak
During the outbreak, law enforcement agencies are taking people they arrest to jails in Ellsworth, Belfast and Dover-Foxcroft.
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Russian man convicted in fraudulent visa marriage scheme in Maine
The man could face up to 10 years in prison on the visa fraud charge and a fine of $250,000.
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G-20 countries pledge money, but demand humanitarian access to Afghans
The Italian premier says the meeting represented the first multilateral response to the crisis sparked by the August withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and the takeover of the country by the Taliban.
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House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
The relief is temporary as Congress will have to revisit the issue in December.