Set to open in 2025, the Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce Innovation Center in Orono will prepare students for careers in the rapidly growing aquaculture industry.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Medical worker on trial in leak of Justice Ginsburg’s health records
A former organ transplant coordinator is charged with violating Ginsburg’s privacy in the release of medical records first posted to the online message board 4chan.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
NC Gov. Roy Cooper takes himself out of running for Harris VP
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly are seen as among front-runners to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, according to sources.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Congress passes Susan Collins’ proposal for U.S. to buy American flags made here
The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, but the federal government soon will be required to buy only those made in the United States.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
At these locations around the world, cats are the star
As cats will, they become the boss everywhere they go, from the White House to a Puerto Rican coffee shop.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Strong woman gets probation for illegal gun buy
The “straw” gun purchase was orchestrated by a Lewiston man who was sentenced last year to 10 years in federal prison, prosecutors say.
Posted inNation & World
Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages
Ukraine is significantly outgunned by Russia’s bigger army on the roughly 600-mile front line.
Posted inNation & World
North Korean officials seek medicines for Kim’s obesity-related health problems, Seoul says
South Korea’s spy agency says the North Korea leader appears to have regained the large amount of weight he’d lost in 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Former employee sues Bath Iron Works alleging ADA violations, racial discrimination
James Breaux, a Black resident of Morgan City, Louisiana, says that BIW violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and terminated him because of his race after creating a ‘racially hostile work environment.’
Posted inHealth
Infants’ tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says
A prominent doctors’ group worries that the condition that can affect breastfeeding is too often treated with unnecessary surgery.