‘We need to get a cease-fire and hostage agreement over the finish line, and we need to do it now. Time is of the essence,’ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters before leaving Qatar.
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Solar and wind developers must pay extra to build on farmland. The question is, how much?
As demand grows for solar projects, the Legislature directed that rules be drawn up to govern compensation paid by solar developers to boost farmland conservation.
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State, feds finalize agreement for nation’s 1st floating offshore wind power research lease
The pact moves Maine one step closer to creating the nation’s first floating wind facility, tentatively a 15-square-mile array that will include up to a dozen turbines nearly 30 miles southeast of Portland.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
U.S. intelligence officials: Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns
The Trump campaign and private-sector cybersecurity investigators had previously said Iran was behind the hacking attempts.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Floods from ‘training thunderstorms’ lead to dramatic rescues, 2 deaths in Connecticut
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said more than 100 people were evacuated by search and rescue teams Sunday evening.
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50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance
In the 1970s, decades of disinvestment had culminated in a mass exodus from Harlem known as urban flight.
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Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York while awaiting rape retrial
After the New York case is complete, he will return to California to serve his pending 16-year sentence for a separate rape conviction there.
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Wisconsin woman who said she legally killed sex trafficker gets 11 years in prison
Chrystul Kizer had pleaded guilty in May to second-degree reckless homicide, allowing her to avoid trial and a possible life sentence.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Protesters break through police fence near site of Democratic National Convention
As the larger group marched, a few dozen who broke away tore down pieces of the security fence.
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Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether the latest draft had addressed concerns cited by the militant group.