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Around 250 asylum seekers, mostly from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti, have arrived in the city over the last year.
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Federal regulators will hold two public hearings this week on the relicensing for four dams along the Kennebec River. -
It's the latest move in a multipronged investigation into illegal cannabis cultivation in Maine. -
His contract had been set to expire next year, but it's now extended through June of 2027. -
Good Shepherd Food Bank President Heather Paquette says that's an increase of 41,000 residents since 2022. -
Residents of the town of York in Maine voted to ban single-use plastic foodware in a special election on Saturday. York is the first town in Maine to pass such a ban on single-use plastic utensils.
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Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."
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Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.
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There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan about her new children's book, "Spider in the Well." -
Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly." -
The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.
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