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Maine delegation joins call to require brain screenings for military in wake of Lewiston mass shooting
The U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October had been exposed to ‘thousands of low-level blasts’ during years of grenade training, and the damage has been linked to mental health and behavioral changes he exhibited before the shooting.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Proposed minimum wage for Maine farmworkers heads toward passage
The bill received overwhelming support in the Senate on Wednesday, one day after narrowly winning support in the House of Representatives.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks’s Julian Assange
Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Ford recalls nearly 43,000 SUVs due to gas leaks that can cause fires
The recall covers certain Bronco Sport SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years, as well as Escape SUVs from 2022.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Winslow to add $1 million to Chaffee Brook budget due to permits, labor shortage
The Chaffee Brook station pumps all of Winslow’s sewage in a single pipe beneath the Kennebec River that hasn’t been updated in decades.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Driver facing criminal charge after crash with horse and buggy in Norridgewock
The horse and the operator of the carriage were both injured in the crash, which happened when Brittany Guerette, 34, attempted to pass them in her vehicle.
Posted inNation & World, News
OK, the eclipse was cool. Now what do you do with those glasses?
You won’t need them again in most of the U.S. for a couple of decades, and some glasses are good only for about 3 years.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Higher gas and rents keep U.S. inflation elevated, likely delaying Fed rate cuts
The March figures, the third straight month of inflation readings well above the Fed’s 2% target, provide concerning evidence that inflation is stuck at an elevated level after having steadily dropped in the second half of 2023.
Posted inNation & World
New federal limits on forever chemicals in drinking water are stricter than Maine’s
The Environmental Protection Agency released new limits Wednesday that are lower than Maine’s 3-year-old drinking water standards.