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Authorities knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe, video shows
Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to video released Friday by law enforcement. The video, which was released to the Portland Press Herald and then sent to The Associated Press, documents a Sept. 16...
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Man Killed Parents, 2 Others Before Maine Highway Shooting, Police Say
Authorities have shared new information on a pair of shootings Tuesday that left four people dead in Bowdoin, Maine, and three more hospitalized, one critically injured, on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth.
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Vanishing Right Whale Must Remain on Endangered List, Feds Say
NOAA’s announcement came a week after Maine’s congressional delegation announced plans to use the federal spending bill to attempt to delay new protections for the whales for six years.
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Vet Sues to Strike Down Federal Rule Blocking Health Care Coverage of Daughter's Gender Transition
A court filing says the veteran’s daughter has been denied treatments recommended by doctors due to a federal statute dating 1976 that excludes surgical treatments for gender transition.
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Retailers Pull Lobster From Menus After Group's ‘Red List' Warning
Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to…
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US Fish Stick, Fillet Supply Jeopardized by Customs Dispute With Canada
A customs dispute at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America’s supply of a key fish used for popular products such as fish sticks and fast food sandwiches. The Alaska pollock has a complicated supply chain. After being caught as part of the largest commercial fishery in the U.S., the fish are transported by ship to New Brunswick, Canada, near...
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Not Giving It Up Cold Turkey: Bird Hunters Just Winging It
The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, from college basketball’s Final Four to Easter Sunday services, but there’s one rite that’s going on largely unfettered — turkey hunting. Every state except Alaska, which is the only state with no turkeys, hosts a spring turkey hunt each year. The birds, whose domesticated cousins grace Thanksgiving tables from Hawaii...
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US Still Sends Lots of Lobster to China, But Tariff a Worry
America is still sending millions of pounds of lobster to China, but members of the seafood industry remain on edge about the future of the United States’ relationship with one of its most important customers. The U.S. exported more than 17.6 million pounds of lobster to China last year, according to figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The...
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Shutdown Makes it Tough for Groups to Help Endangered Whales
Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
