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Tom's of Maine toothpaste contained bacteria-contaminated water, FDA says
The company said it is working with the FDA to remedy issues found in the agency’s May inspection, including an upgrade to its Sanford plant’s water system.
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A year after Maine mass shooting, gunman's family wants action on brain injury research in military
The family of the Army reservist who committed the October 2023 massacre in Lewiston wants to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries among military members
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Husband dies after Maine couple is lost in woods for days, wife may have survived thanks to dog
A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost — and officials say she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures.
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2 lawmen linked to Maine's deadliest shooting are vying for job as county sheriff
Two law enforcement officers who were allies when they faced tough questions about their interactions with an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, last year are squaring off to become sheriff.
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From attic to auction: Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine
A Rembrandt discovered in the attic of a Maine estate recently sold for $1.4 million at auction.
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‘Just dropped in': Woman recalls falling waist-deep into quicksand at Maine beach
Officials at Maine’s most popular state beach posted signs last week that warn visitors the terrain beneath their feet could give way and land them in natural pockets of sticky sediment.
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Broken badminton racket kills NJ girl vacationing in Maine
A 6-year-old girl on vacation in Maine was accidentally killed by a broken badminton racket while playing with her brother last week, police said.
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Report suggests some deputies responding to Maine mass shooting were intoxicated
An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations in a report that contended self-dispatching police officers created “chaos” during the search for the gunman.
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Army reservist's family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine
Family members of an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology on Thursday and said Army officials and law enforcement frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the deadly rampage.
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Tractor-trailer carrying 15 million honey bees rolls over on I-95 in Maine
A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday night, officials said.
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Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital
Cole reported that he had picked up Erik Foote and dropped him off at a convenience store, but he told Foote’s parents he took him to the hospital.
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Linda Bean, entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of LL Bean, has died
Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82.
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Analysis of Maine mass shooter's brain showed traumatic injury, possibly from Army blasts
The brain of a gunman who killed 18 people and injured 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, showed signs of significant traumatic injury at the time of the mass shooting, researchers tasked with examining the tissue said.
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In his 1st interview, friend who warned officials of Maine shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out'
Despite the warnings by Robert Card’s friend and fellow Army reservist Sean Hodgson, Army officials discounted glaring red flags and failed to prevent Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
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‘Swatting' at Maine secretary of state's house after Trump kept off primary ballot
Maine’s top election official, who could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot, had a hoax threat called into her house Friday night. The “swatting call,” as such hoaxes are known, involved a person calling police about 8:15 p.m. to say he’d broken into Maine Secretary...
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Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families
Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, officials said Wednesday.
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This wild lobster is half male, half female, half blue and going viral
Is this the coolest lobster in the world? The world’s biggest lobster influencer thinks so.
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Lewiston soccer team wins state title weeks after mass shootings: ‘Fairy tales do happen'
The Lewiston Blue Devils beat Deering 3-2 on Saturday in the Class A boys’ soccer state championship game weeks after mass shootings took place in the Maine city.
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Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive 2-day search, autopsy suggests
The Army reservist who opened fire inside at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, before disappearing was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the massive search that followed, according to a conclusion from the state medical examiner’s office released Friday. Robert Card died from a self-inflicted gunshot that “likely” happened eight...
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President Biden visits Maine to pay respects to '18 precious souls stolen'
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Lewiston, Maine, on Friday afternoon in the wake of last week’s mass shootings that left 18 dead and 13 injured.