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Maine has become the second state, after Virginia, to adopt a Mass Violence Care Fund. It's a $5 million endowment designed to provide ongoing assistance to mass casualty victims, survivors and their families.
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Among the six vetoes that legislators will consider are bills that would ban rapid-fire gun modification devices and to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Mainers.
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In a historic shift, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance. It's currently ranked as a schedule one drug, in the same category as heroin and LSD. Reclassifying it won't make marijuana legal.
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Dr. Merideth Norris is charged with 17 counts of distribution of a controlled substance to five patients.
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.
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Their concerns were echoed by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's second congressional district. Fishery regulators have said gauge changes are necessary after observing what they perceived as a troubling decline in the juvenile lobster population over a three-year period.
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Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.
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Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.
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Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
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President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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In an NPR interview, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he had a 'gut reaction' that outside agitators were leading Columbia anti-war protests. Students beg to differ.
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