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Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme
11+ hour, 45+ min ago —...Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said additional state charges... ...Some also face charges of money laundering, visa fraud and bribery...
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As rents rise, lobster crews struggle to stay in Maine’s fishing towns
6+ hour, 10+ min ago —...the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.... ..."Housing is critical,” said Carla Gunther, the chief scientist at... ..., such as Island Workforce Housing, which aims to create housing... ...Linda Nelson, the Economic and Community Development Director for...
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Rep. Golden, union leaders seek to force House vote on bill restoring collective bargaining
2+ hour, 59+ min ago —...Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.... ...Maine Congressman Jared Golden is attempting to force a vote on a... ...The bill from Golden and Fitzpatrick has 222 co-sponsors but the... ..."The American people are watching," Golden said....
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Maine Public would lose 12% of its budget under federal rescission package
14+ hour, 45+ min ago —...Ari Snider spoke with Maine Public President and CEO Rick Schneider... ...resources and focus on telling stories and providing service in Maine...
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Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump
20+ hour, 9+ min ago —...Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is charging... ...the judiciary," said Stacey Young, who leads Justice Connection,... ...But Dana Gold, senior counsel at the Government Accountability Project... ...But Grassley said in a letter to Judiciary Committee Democrats this...
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1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The singer's life was touched by tragedies
19+ hour, 7+ min ago —...Pop singer Connie Francis has died at 87.... ...at age 13 when television host Arthur Godfrey suggested that "Connie... ...Recently, Francis gained social media fame earlier this year because...
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Trump administration ends LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline used by thousands of Mainers
9+ hour, 49+ min ago —..., the director of law and policy at The Trevor Project.... ...Pick said the Trevor Project had to cut staff who answer calls due... ...EqualityMaine Deputy Director Heide Lester said there are significant... ...Pick says despite funding cuts, the Trevor Project will still be...
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Stand back! This explosive cucumber is bursting with seeds
18+ hour, 48+ min ago —...Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned... ...in the journal npj Science of Plants.... ..."If adhesion is what it's all about," says Sheila Patek, a biologist... ..., a physicist at Pomona College who didn't contribute to either research...
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Ari Aster's 'Eddington' takes the tension of the pandemic to a violent end
22+ hour, 48+ min ago —...Pedro Pascal plays the mayor who's trying to enforce masking and... ...social distancing, and Joaquin Phoenix is the sheriff who thinks... ...The audio version of this story was produced by Lilly Quiroz.... ...Aster hopes audiences find solidarity in watching Eddington in a...
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Virginia is for … data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
19+ hour, 48+ min ago —...Dan Diorio, the vice president for state policy at the national Data... ...A decade ago, Schlossberg learned Amazon Web Services was building... ..., Oregon; Peculiar, Missouri; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Maryland; Georgia... ...area is [viable]," Chesapeake City Council Member Amanda Newins...