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Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state’s governor says she has location for a key wind port

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill last year that aims to see

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Man who killed first responders in Minnesota was prohibited from possessing firearms, court records say

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The man who police say killed three first responders in Burnsville, Minnesota, Sunday during a lengthy standoff killed himself, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Shannon Cortez Gooden, 38, died by suicide, according to a release Tuesday morning from the Medical Examiner of Hennepin, Dakota and Scott Counties. The report

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La viuda del expresidente de Haití está entre los acusados por el asesinato de Moïse

Karen Esquivel (CNN) — La esposa del expresidente de Haití Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, y el ex primer ministro Claude Joseph se encuentran entre las 51 personas acusadas por el asesinato del expresidente, según un documento de 122 páginas del juez que preside la investigación. El presidente Jovenel Moïse fue asesinado en la residencia presidencial el

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Opposition supporters in Albania protest alleged corruption in Cabinet

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Albania’s opposition have held a protest accusing the Cabinet of corruption. Some threw stones and flares at police officers and pulled down an iron fence around the main government building in the capital, Tirana. But Tuesday’s protest ended peacefully. Opposition lawmakers have

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Flight attendant accused of trying to video record teen girl in airplane bathroom held until trial

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant arrested on suspicion of trying to secretly video record a 14-year-old female passenger using an airplane bathroom last September is being held in custody pending trial. Police also alleged that 37-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of

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Non-profit helps young students with disabilities get driver’s licenses

By Penny Kmitt Click here for updates on this story     LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There’s a non-profit north of Boston that’s helping students of all abilities get their driver’s licenses in Massachusetts. The Northeast Independent Living Program (NILP) in Lawrence provides services to people with disabilities who want to live independently. “We’re just really out

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Attorneys for Georgia slave descendants urge judge not to throw out their lawsuit over island zoning

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys suing a Georgia county over zoning changes that they say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants asked a judge Tuesday to let them correct technical problems with their civil complaint to avoid having it dismissed. A lawyer for coastal

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FBI investigates after letter with white powder sent to House Speaker Johnson’s Louisiana church

BENTON, La. (AP) — Authorities have launched an investigation after a north Louisiana church attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson received mail containing a white powder. Johnson’s office acknowledged the receipt of a suspicious package at Cypress Baptist Church in Benton. Spokesman Griffin Neal said the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police, Louisiana State Police and the

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Alaska Airlines partners with Seattle brewer for its first custom craft beer, ‘Cloud Cruiser’

SEATTLE (KTVZ) — Alaska Airlines said Tuesday it is now serving its first-ever custom craft beer exclusively brewed for the carrier by Seattle-based Fremont Brewing. Alaska’s newest IPA will be offered complimentary in First and Premium Class, for purchase in the Main Cabin and served in select Lounges. “The ‘Cloud Cruiser’ is the result of

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Mexico’s army takes over yet another civilian role — filling potholes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledges the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: filling potholes on the nation’s highways. Planes, trains and policing already were among the areas under military control. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that highway maintenance in southern Mexico had been transferred from the Transportation Department,

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Rebels linked to the Islamic State group kill at least two dozen civilians in eastern Congo

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities and a civil society group say extremist rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least two dozen civilians in separate attacks this week. The Allied Democratic Forces have ties to the Islamic State group. Violence has been simmering for years in eastern Congo, where about

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