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Brave the cold, make a big impact: Polar Plunge returns to support meals for local youth
WATERVILLE — The 2026 Polar Plunge is making a splash for a powerful cause: providing nutritious meals to youth in local programs. This high-energy winter fundraising event invites individuals,…
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7mMeet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science
NEW YORK (AP) — Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her husband […]
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7mAI agents are only as good as the personal information you share. That raises privacy concerns
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace — and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta’s new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the driver’s seat. “I kind of went into it like a guinea pig,” said Robb, a Toronto-based content creator who regularly reviews […]
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6mUntangling the massive outside money web behind Susan Collins
An intertwined network of super PACs and nonprofits has booked about $126 million in ads to reelect U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
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4mThe nightmare every Maine hunter fears
"No rifles, no bows, no shotguns. No hunters wandering the woods. A world without one of America’s oldest traditions."
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6mTrade dispute bars liquor delivery through Maine to Canadian island
Imports of Canadian alcohol into the U.S. were blocked by the new regulations, even if they were destined for Campobello.