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Mystery winner buys T-rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million at auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world’s largest and most complete specimens sold for a record $50.1 million Tuesday. Sotheby’s said the 67-million-year-old fossil,…
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4mProgressives aligned with Graham Platner press for US Senate forums and policy pledge
More than 500 Mainers have signed an open letter calling on the candidates to get on board with a seven-point progressive platform ahead of the July 25 nominating convention.
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2m4 Democratic US Senate candidates will debate on Thursday
It will be the first debate in the new field of candidates that sprung up after nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race.
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5mTrump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November’s midterm […]
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4mWriters Guild of America seeks to block Paramount's buyout of Warner in latest merger challenge
NEW YORK (AP) — The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit that seeks to block the merger on the grounds it would cause “specific harm” to movie and TV writers working across the U.S. A Paramount-Warner merger “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry,” reads Tuesday’s federal complaint, which was filed by both the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly the WGA). The union argued that the merger would create less competitors and give […]
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4mScottish traffic cone gets dignitary's welcome in Boston after World Cup friendship
BOSTON (AP) — Fresh off its first-class flight from Glasgow, it received a reception befitting a visiting dignitary: a bagpiper in full regalia playing inside Boston Logan International Airport. Waiting to greet it were diplomats, the governor and Boston’s mayor. The guest of honor? An orange traffic cone. Tuesday’s arrival of the “Boston Cone” marked […]