New Year’s revelers in Maine should be prepared for some snow, freezing rain, and rain. The storm will bring mainly rain along the immediate coast and southernmost Maine but snow and a wintry mix is expected for inland areas before changing to rain. A Winter Weather Advisory goes into effect at 9 p.m. Monday until […]
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Lion kills worker in North Carolina wildlife center
BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife center Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said. Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Center, news outlets […]
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Medicaid expansion, pot, workforce on agenda for lawmakers
AUGUSTA (AP) — Medicaid expansion, pot sales and the aging state’s workforce shortage are at the top of lawmakers’ agenda as Democrats prepare to take over the Maine Statehouse. Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills, who will be sworn in Wednesday, has vowed to start rolling out Medicaid expansion and recreational marijuana sales. Both voter-approved initiatives were […]
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10 simple answers to questions about the stock market plunge
The stock market’s gyrations have dominated headlines for a solid two weeks now, but things can’t be as bad as they sound. Or can they? We looked at the numbers to put this crazy time period in context. 1. What’s going on with the stock market? It’s down a lot. For almost a decade after […]
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Con Edison probes electric flash that turned NYC skyline blue
NEW YORK (AP) — Electric utility Con Edison was working Friday to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City. The event Thursday caused power outages, briefly grounded flights at LaGuardia airport and filled social media feeds with […]
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Why were so many people mad about the Instagram update on Thursday?
Instagram introduced an update Thursday morning that forced users to tap or swipe horizontally to view their feeds. But it was apparently a false alarm! After swift backlash, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, quickly tweeted a series of apologies. “Sorry about that, this was supposed to be a very small test but we went […]
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Wintry mess expected to get in the way of Friday’s morning commute
Maine is looking at a messy upcoming day on the roads, as snow, sleet and freezing rain are all in the forecast in the Pine Tree State. Forecasts call for snow to start early Friday and later turn over to sleet and around midday. Travel conditions are expected to be slippery. William Watson from the […]
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Donald Trump says US forces will stay in Iraq, possibly deploy to Syria if needed again
President Trump said he has no plans to withdraw American forces from Iraq, a week after announcing a surprise pullout of troops from Syria and ordering the Pentagon to bring home roughly half of the American forces deployed to Afghanistan. The decision allows the United States to maintain a presence in the heart of the […]
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Donald Trump makes unannounced visits to U.S. troops in Iraq
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extremists in a country where thousands of Americans died during the recent war. It comes a week after Trump stunned his national security advisers by […]
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Why is Donald Trump tweeting about Brett McGurk?
WASHINGTON – In a May 2017 Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was flanked by perhaps the two most important U.S. officials coordinating the fight against the Islamic State. One was Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The other one was Brett McGurk, a State Department official whom Mattis introduced as “President Trump’s […]