BANGOR (AP) — Police have charged a Maine mother after her 7-month-old child ingested methamphetamine through breast milk. Authorities say 20-year-old Alyssa Murch, of Bangor, is facing charges of felony aggravated furnishing of a scheduled drug and endangering the welfare of a child. Bangor Police Sgt. Wade Betters says officers responded to a hospital Dec. […]
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Boeing test ‘drives’ self-driving air taxi
An early prototype of Boeing’s self-driving air taxi completed its first flight at an airfield in Manassas, Virginia, on Tuesday, marking what could be an early breakthrough in the company’s vision for autonomous, on-demand flight. The aircraft successfully took off, hovered and landed, all of which employed its autonomous navigation and landing systems, according to […]
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NFL investigates laser targeting Tom Brady in AFC championship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — NFL security is investigating whether a fan attempted to shine a laser into the face of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during their AFC championship game victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. Local television stations posted footage Tuesday that showed a green light flashing on Brady late in […]
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Starbucks to try delivery to boost sales
Coffee delivery to the office? No problem. The soccer field? Sure thing. The whole world is a Starbucks now. As Starbucks grapples with slowing foot traffic and a glut of competition, it’s hoping to snag new customers by meeting them where they are – literally. The company is introducing a delivery service in seven major […]
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Prop bets popular for Super Bowl, but NFL wants them gone
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Many Americans in places where sports betting is legal for the first time are beginning to make wagers on the Super Bowl, including some bets on the performances of individual athletes. But if the National Football League had its way, bets on things like passing touchdowns for New England Patriots […]
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Five lessons NFL teams can learn from the Rams and Patriots
Once again in the AFC, Tom Brady would not allow the torch to be passed. His 37-31 overtime win over Patrick Mahomes and a fatigued Kansas City Chiefs defense allowed the New England Patriots to go to their ninth Super Bowl with Brady and Coach Bill Belichick era. The NFC championship game was just as […]
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New England’s timeless QB gave all he had against best of new generation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The fervor of the hometown fans painted this frozen brown tundra red – and not just any red, either, but a bold primary color, the most vivid red imaginable, the kind of red that came from a heart artery. Even the opera house and the statues in the plazas wore Kansas […]
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WATCH: Mainers brave snow storm on unicycles, skis
As a major winter storm brought some of the coldest temperatures and largest snowfall of the season to the northeast U.S., some residents in Maine were out enjoying the winter weather.
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Congress to pursue divergent paths to reopening government, but stalemate no closer to resolution
WASHINGTON — Congress takes up legislation this week to reopen the federal government following a new offer from President Donald Trump, but divergent efforts in the House and Senate look destined to go nowhere, leaving the month-old stalemate no closer to resolution. The Senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will take up a […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Drunk on Fireball and Pringles
‘All the President’s Men’ Watched this movie the other night and realized I’d never seen it. Odd, right? A story of two reporters working on a story big enough to topple a president? Why the careers of Woodward and Bernstein are very much like my own, with the small exception that I tend to work […]