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New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
NEW YORK (AP) — When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest…
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8mSenator urges Maine to reject Nirav Shah over his handling of a deadly outbreak in Illinois
While he served as Illinois' top health official, a Legionnaires' disease outbreak sickened 74 and left a dozen dead at a state veterans home.
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4mWhat we found when we compared grocery prices at 6 Waldo County stores
Shoppers across Waldo County say they’re feeling the pain at the checkout line.
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3mGraham Platner plans to officially exit Maine’s Senate race on last day possible
A source familiar with Platner’s next moves said the candidate would hand over the paperwork by the 5 p.m. Monday deadline.
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4mDonald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering. The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission, which distributes federal grants to states, oversees the testing of voting systems […]
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5mWhat we know about how Maine Democrats will pick Graham Platner’s replacement
This rundown is based on party rules released overnight and details that began to come out of county committees Thursday.