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The Latest Breaking News from Maine

Thousands without power as storm Lee begins lashing northeast US, Canada

The storm threatened to make landfall on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, dangerous surf and torrential rains.

Al Jazeera

Climate change could bring more monster storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate scientists say storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm

The Independent UK

Millions under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee bears down on New England and Canada

Millions of people are under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee churns towards shore, bearing down on New England and eastern Canada with heavy winds, high seas and rain

The Independent UK

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Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm

The Independent UK

Biden approves state of emergency for Maine as Hurricane Lee approaches

Canada issues hurricane watch for parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with storm expected to bring high winds and flooding

The Guardian - US

US northeast, Atlantic Canada brace for Hurricane Lee

Storm expected to bring heavy rain, wind and offshore waves to parts of New England and eastern Canada, forecasters say.

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Hurricane Lee to strike weather-worn New England after heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes

After days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee

The Independent UK

Hurricane Lee will bring heavy rain to already saturated areas of New England

Winds on Cape Cod could gust as high as 50 to 60 mph, forecasters said on Thursday. The area is now under a tropical storm warning.

WEKU

Maine and Atlantic Canada face flood warnings as Hurricane Lee heads north

Storm, which has already brought strong winds and heavy rain to Bermuda, is weakening in strength but expanding in size

The Guardian - US

41 statewide ballot measures are certified in eight states—the highest for an odd-numbered year since 2007

In 2023, 41 statewide ballot measures are certified for the ballot in eight states—the highest number for an odd-numbered year since 2007. Measures in Maine, Ohio, and Texas, in particular, contributed to the above-average number of state ballot measures in 2023.

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New England has been roiled by wild weather including a likely tornado. Next up is Hurricane Lee

A hurricane watch is in place for portions of Maine, while a large area of coastal New England is under a tropical storm watch as Hurricane Lee is expected to reach the region later this week

The Independent UK

Hurricane Lee heads north with landfall expected in Nova Scotia or Maine

Storm threatens to affect parts of Bermuda, New England and Atlantic Canada with winds up to 115mph

The Guardian - US

As US East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much remains unknown

As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects that will transform coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the facilities could affect the environment

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11 people injured when walkway collapses during Maine’s annual lighthouse event

Five of the 11 injured people were taken to hospitals

The Independent UK

No charges against Maine authorities for death of handcuffed man who was hit in head with flashlight

Maine’s attorney general has concluded there was no criminal conduct when four law enforcement officers used a stun gun and beat a handcuffed man in the head with a flashlight while facedown on a porch that was determined to be a homicide

The Independent UK

Maine hospital under fire for threatening to sue family of teenager who shared patient safety concerns online

He says a hospital employee finished just one year of a three-year fellowship

The Independent UK

UFC president Dana White hits out at ‘idiot’ who tried to break into his house

An arrest was made after a suspect appeared on the doorbell camera of White’s house in Maine

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Maine police release info on man accused of breaking into Dana White’s house; UFC president reacts

Tuesday, Maine police released information on the 23-year-old man who tried to break into UFC president Dana White's house.

Reason

Professor's Claim That She Was Fired for Objecting to Superiors About Mask Mandate Can Go Forward

From Griffin v. University of Maine System, decided Aug. 16 by Chief Judge Jon Levy (D. Me.): Plaintiff Patricia Griffin's employment as a [tenured] Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern Maine was terminated by the University of Maine System … in September 2021…. Griffin asserts that her termination…

The Independent UK

A village in Maine is again delaying a plan to build the world's tallest flagpole

Plans to build the world’s tallest flagpole are being delayed — again

The Independent UK

Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

Scientists who monitor seabirds said Atlantic puffins had their second consecutive rebound year for fledging chicks after suffering a bad 2021

Reason

Hospital Threatens Defamation Suit Over a 15-Year-Old's Change.org Petition

The hospital baselessly claimed the teenager's mother wrote the petition after she was fired without cause.

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Maine and Ohio see higher than average number of initiatives qualify for the 2023 ballot

In Maine and Ohio, more citizen-initiated ballot measures qualified in 2023 than the average for odd-numbered years between 2011 and 2021 for each respective state.

Reason

Maine High Court Finds "Bad Faith" in Denial of Public Records Request, Orders Payment of Requesters' Fees

From yesterday's decision in Human Rights Defense Center v. Maine County Comm'rs Ass'n Self-Funded Risk Management Pool (opinion by Justice Horton), interpreting the Maine Freedom of Access Act (FOAA), Maine's analog to the federal FOIA and other states' public records laws: This case presents the first occasion for us to…

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