North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking Thursday at a parliamentary panel on national security and diplomacy, warned that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve […]
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Pentagon: U.S. dropped largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
This photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military’s largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. A Pentagon spokesman said it was the first-ever combat use of the bomb, known as the GBU-43, which he […]
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Phish drummer Jon Fishman running for Lincolnville board
LINCOLNVILLE — The drummer for the jam band Phish is running for office in his hometown in Maine. Jon Fishman obtained the necessary paperwork and returned his nominating petitions this week in hopes of getting on the June ballot to run for the Board of Selectmen in Lincolnville. He’s one of several candidates vying for […]
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Paul LePage not sure about Senate run or Susan Collins for governor
Moments after declaring that he didn’t think he would make a good legislator, Gov. Paul LePage told a radio station Thursday that he is “seriously considering” taking on U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018. LePage told the Portland-based WGAN that he’s not interested in retiring or taking a desk job with the Trump administration, but […]
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Appeals court stays euthanization of dog ‘pardoned’ by Gov. Paul LePage
In this March 30, 2017, file photo provided by the Waterville Humane Society, an Alaskan husky named Dakota, who killed a neighbor’s pug last year, sits in Waterville. Maine’s conservation department is getting involved in the proposed pardoning of Dakota, saying the case could have implications for the state’s animal welfare laws. WATERVILLE— A dog […]
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AP Fact Check: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips likely cost less than $3 million
In this April 7, 2017, file photo, a Palm Beach, Fla. County Sheriff’s lookout tower sits outside of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. It’s widely estimated that each trip to the resort costs taxpayers $3 million, based on a government study of the cost of a 2013 trip to Florida by […]
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Legislature eyes bill that would allow recall elected officials
Spurred in part by public frustration at having no way to oust Gov. Paul LePage after a series of embarrassing comments, lawmakers are taking a look at a measure that would allow the recall of elected officials in Maine. Its sponsor, Sen. Justin Chenette, D-Saco, said this week he wants “to give power back into […]
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President’s plane visits Bangor without Donald Trump
The aircraft at the Bangor International Airport. Bangor residents who looked up Tuesday afternoon may have seen the President of the United States’ famed white and blue jetliner. Called Air Force One when the president is onboard, one of the two specially configured Boeing 747s, which dons “United States of America” on its side, landed […]
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Bill would limit gifts to Maine doctors from drug companies
AUGUSTA — A bill limiting gifts from drug companies to doctors is receiving bipartisan support in Maine. Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, says he wrote the bill after reading how some doctors who prescribed opioids received thousands of dollars from drug manufacturers. He says the bill received widespread support because many see the link between […]
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Russia accuses U.S. of unlawful Syria raid
MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat accused the United States on Wednesday of carrying out an unlawful attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces as he opened a fraught meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Giving Tillerson a chilly reception, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was trying to understand the “real […]