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Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn't up for removal
An ICE agent shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero last month in Biddeford, Maine, and Rep. Chellie Pingree said the agency’s intended target was his roommate.
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Maine's transgender sports initiative halted by invalid signatures
A Maine initiative intended to limit transgender students’ ability to participate in sports has been removed from the ballot because of invalid signatures, the secretary of state ruled Tuesday.
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Rare 2-colored lobster caught by fishermen off Cape Cod donated to aquarium
The Wellfleet Shellfish Company in Eastham, Massachusetts, donated the lobster to the Woods Hole Science Aquarium.
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New details emerge as NTSB arrives to investigate deadly Maine plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived Tuesday to begin investigating at a Maine airport where a business jet crashed during takeoff, killing all six people on board. The Paris-bound Bombardier Challenger 600 flipped over and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.m. Sunday night as the nation’s massive winter storm was beginning to reach the area. It…
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Mills calls Maine ICE arrests ‘concerning', says agents should show warrants
The Trump administration is now targeting its mass deportation campaign on Maine, a state with relatively few residents in the United States illegally but notable African refugee communities in its largest cities.
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Lobster boats must keep using tracking devices for government observation, court rules
The U.S. government can continue requiring America’s lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices to collect data, a federal appeals court has ruled, denying claims by some in the industry that the monitoring amounts to unreasonable search and seizure.
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Woman who served prison time for manslaughter elected to City Council in Maine
A woman who was sworn in Monday as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter.
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Maine voters approve red flag gun law after state's deadliest mass shooting
Maine residents voted to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns while rejecting a sweeping proposal centered on voter ID.
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New England lobster population declines, regulators declare overfishing
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission said the stock of lobsters off the coast of New England has declined by 34% since 2018.
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Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood
A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine said it will shut down its primary care operations on Friday because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers. Maine Family Planning operates 18 clinics in the state and says abortions are a relatively small percentage of its overall services, which also include cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease testing…
