Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new layer of complication to the leaders’ increasingly strained relationship.
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Waterville City Council approves $750,000 for housing, nonprofit agencies
The money was what was left of the $1.6 million the city has received in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
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Who is Don Hankey, the LA billionaire who financed Donald Trump’s appeal bond?
Hankey’s wealth has its foundation in Westlake Financial Services, one of the top providers of subprime auto loans to borrowers with bad credit.
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Musk says he’s boosting Tesla pay to stop OpenAI from poaching
An exodus of personnel from Musk’s most valuable company to his newest may exacerbate concerns about conflicts and governance within the billionaire’s empire.
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Amazon lays off several hundred employees
The job cuts will affect several hundred people from the sales, marketing and global services team for AWS, the company’s cloud computing division.
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Dave Coulier shares touching voicemail Bob Saget left him before his death
The 64-year-old “Full House Rewind” host shared the touching voicemail on the latest episode of his podcast.
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Skowhegan’s Hilltop Antiques to downsize as developer plans apartments on second floor
Patric Moore is buying 48 Water St. and wants to convert the second floor into five apartments, while the current owner and occupant, Greg Salisbury of Hilltop Antiques, plans to consolidate his business to the first floor.
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Border Patrol must care for migrant children waiting in camps, judge says
Advocates say the U.S. government has a responsibility for the children and that Border Patrol often directs migrants to the camps, sometimes even driving them there.
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Snow tracker: See how much snow fell Thursday in Maine
Snow totals were updated Friday at 11:32 a.m. Hover over marked locations to see totals. Source: National Weather Service
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Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight
Alaska said in Thursday’s filing that it expects to lose between $1.05 and $1.15 per share for the January-March quarter, with 95 cents per share of the loss related to the accident.