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He called it a "cynical" and "offensive" attempt to siphon votes away from Democrat Hannah Pingree to boost Bobby Charles.
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He called it a "cynical" and "offensive" attempt to siphon votes away from Democrat Hannah Pingree to boost Bobby Charles.

If the review comes up with any opposing information, it will remain in the hands of MaineHealth whether it will reconsider the closure.

HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said. The Harris County District Attorney’s office says Mario Alberto Morales was behind the wheel of an unmarked black vehicle on […]

The crash caused the truck to hit one of the workers standing nearby.

That comes after a student aired allegations that a professor used hidden cameras to film partially dressed students.

The race could turn on a simple question: Are Maine voters angry enough at Trump that they’ll part with Susan Collins?

Patients can get a maximum payment of $5,000 for proven losses or accept a minimum $75 cash payment.

Christa Pike said she is in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month but thankful for the love and support she has received. Pike issued her first public statement through her attorneys on Friday. She said she went into the execution chamber prepared to die in peace and woke up alone […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early voting is continuing to significantly outpace the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races, according to an Associated Press analysis of voting data five days before Election Day. The surge is especially pronounced in Texas, where voters […]

The Justice Department already has announced plans to deploy monitors to Portland and Lewiston on Tuesday.

The first quake hit near Brownville on Monday, and a second temblor rattled Windsor on Wednesday.

Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied knowing anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent, as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas. President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the countless memorable lines that have tumbled out of the “Star Trek” universe over the years is this gem, originally from a 20th-century poet named Delmore Schwartz: “Time is the fire in which we burn.” It was uttered as an existential warning to Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in the 1994 film […]

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Striped bass fishing has been Bill Jakob’s passion for more than 60 years, and he remembers an era when he’d spend all night casting his line into the crashing waves off Montauk and get eight or nine fish ranging up to 40 pounds (18 kilograms), a big catch by anyone’s standards. […]