Though Thursday’s deal involves the most well-known of the Americans held in Russia, there are still several others who remain detained including Travis Leake, Gordon Black, Marc Fogel and Ksenia Khavana.
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Photo album: Prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys make motions on the softball field
Androscoggin County prosecutors face-off against criminal defense attorneys on the softball field Thursday night.
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Nowhere to go? Lewiston councilor explains why he peed in parking garages, alleys
Scott Harriman insists his confession was meant to illustrate the need for public toilets in the downtown area. Nobody, he said, wants to have to pee in a garage or alley.
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New Sharon Water District granted 64% rate hike
The one-year increase is to help the district become solvent.
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Texas youth lockups are beset by abuse and mistreatment of children, report says
The Justice Department’s findings come three years after the department launched a federal investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices.
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Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday to be celebrated with musical gala at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre
He was last seen publicly at funeral services for his wife, the former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in November.
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Appeals court upholds Trump’s gag order as he presses judge to exit hush money case
In its gag order ruling Thursday, a 5-judge panel found that the judge in the hush money case was correct in keeping some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced because the case is still pending.
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Police chief says Mechanic Falls sisters were victims of homicide
The death of the girls’ mother, Jennifer Barney, 37, has been ruled a suicide.
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ACLU sues Washington state city over its anti-homeless laws after landmark Supreme Court ruling
The complaint filed in Spokane County Superior Court challenges city ordinances that make camping, sitting, or lying on public property misdemeanor crimes in certain circumstances.
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Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more
A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes.