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State lawmakers had attempted to push back the referendum until 2026 to allow a special commission to come up with an alternative design. But the bill to delay the vote fell victim to late-session tensions with Gov. Janet Mills.
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Joshua Estrada,19, of New Bedford is the first of three men charged in the February 9 Saco shooting to appear in federal court.
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The current chancellor of the UMaine System Dannel Malloy will help lead an international committee advocating against the death penalty. While governor of Connecticut in 2015, Malloy signed legislation abolishing capital punishment in the state.
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The school says it plans to use a new $10 million to add computational techniques throughout its curriculum, and to launch new applied fields of study in areas such as environmental engineering and public health.
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Actively mined areas would be limited to five acres, and would require water monitoring, land restoration and "dark sky" standards.
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Nicole and James Herling, the sister and brother-in-law of Robert Card II, broke down as they began their testimony by apologizing to the victims of the shootings that killed 18 and injured more than a dozen others.
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Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
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The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.
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Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
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Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his own life, growing up unhoused, Black and queer, and getting his start as a writer at the age of 40.
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More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.
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