Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a state-level ban on bump stocks earlier this year, one of several gun law reforms passed in the wake of the October mass shooting in Lewiston.
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Supreme Court sides with Starbucks, makes it harder for labor board to win court orders
The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.
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Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
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Jurors begin deliberating whether Hunter Biden is guilty of federal firearm charges
Hunter Biden is charged with 3 felonies stemming from the October 2018 purchase of a gun he had for about 11 days.
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90 countries to attend Ukraine peace summit that Russia is snubbing
The summit, on Saturday and Sunday, will aim to chart a path toward possible peace nearly 28 months after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and the war grinding on.
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Wisconsin AG files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
No evidence has been found of widespread voter fraud that could have swung the 2020 election, but Trump has continued to spread falsehoods about the election, particularly in Wisconsin.
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Zelensky in Asia promoting peace summit, says China and Russia are trying to undermine it
Zelensky arrived unannounced and under heavy security in Manila late Sunday after speaking over the weekend at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore.
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Russian bots use fake Tom Cruise to spread Olympic disinformation
The aim of the Russian-affiliated groups appears to be to deter people from attending the games, according to Microsoft Corp. findings released Sunday.
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A jury has been seated in Hunter Biden’s federal firearms case
Joe Biden says as president he won’t comment on his son Hunter’s criminal trial, but as a dad he has ‘boundless love’ for him.
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Anthony Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID controversies
Republicans repeated unproven accusations against the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist while Democrats apologized for Congress besmirching his name and bemoaned a missed opportunity to prepare for the next scary outbreak.