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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson split sharply on democracy’s future in final debate

It was the clearest of the many philosophical divides in a race that could decide control of the Senate.

Live updates: Susan Collins and Troy Jackson meet in Bangor for final debate

Hosted by News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public, it’s the only debate with a live audience and questions from voters.

Susan Collins is criticizing a Troy Jackson mortgage. She did something similar.

Records show the senator's mortgage pledges on homes in Bangor and Washington, D.C., overlapped for eight months in 2004.

Police say at least 2 were hospitalized after shooting at elementary school, and the shooter is dead

BEND, Ore. (AP) — At least two people were injured Thursday in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the attacker was shot and killed, authorities said. Bend police spokesperson Sheila Miller said two people were transported to a hospital. The conditions of those injured were not immediately known, as well as […]

More roller coasters shut down as authorities investigate fatal fall at Georgia amusement park

ATLANTA (AP) — A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at a Georgia park. Sea World Orlando in Florida and La Ronde theme park in Montreal, Canada confirmed on Thursday […]