New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft sent the team plane to China to collect personal protective equipment and bring it back to Massachusetts to use in the fight against the coronavirus.
Felicity Huffman has arrived at court in Boston and is expected to plead guilty to paying $15,000 to have a proctor boost her daughter’s SAT scores. It is part of one of the largest college admissions scandals.
Janet Mills got choked up while speaking with reporters this morning after beating Paul LePage for a 2nd term as Maine’s governor. “The reception at the polls was really heartwarming,” she said.
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Make way for ducklings! Drivers stopped to let dozens of ducks 🦆 cross Alfred Road in Biddeford this morning even the last 2 stragglers! ❤ (📹:Karen Ramunno)
#BREAKING
: The Maine Supreme Court has dismissed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' appeal in the case to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot:
A more than 100-year-old shipwreck resurfaced at Acadia National Part after Wednesday’s storm. The wind and waves washed away sand to reveal what's left of the schooner “Tay.”
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#UPDATE
: Gavin Robitaille, who was injured in the Lewiston mass shootings three weeks ago, was discharged from Mass General for Children in Boston Wednesday. (📷: Robitaille family)
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Only in Maine will you see someone driving around in a convertible with the top down during a snowstorm! Police in Skowhegan snapped this photo this morning! ❄🥶
Unauthorized paramilitary training is now banned in Maine. The new law is in response to a prominent neo-Nazi, who planned to build a training camp for white supremacists in northern Maine.
US Border Patrol Houlton Sector says they apprehended 20 foreign nationals in four different vehicles who illegally crossed the border in Hodgdon, Maine, on Tuesday.
#DEVELOPING
: The iconic fish shacks at Willard Beach in South Portland were washed away during the historic high tide today. (📷:Michelle Erskine)
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#BREAKING
: The Maine House voted against an effort to impeach Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over her decision to disqualify former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot.
Portland is currently at the 3rd highest tide ever recorded. It will likely get to the 2nd highest on record. This flooding is at Stroudwater Crossing on outer Congress St. in Portland.
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Republican candidate for congress, Austin Theriault, is calling for Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to resign over her decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the republican primary ballot in Maine.
Check out the flooding near the former B&M Baked Beans factory in Portland. This morning's high tide is causing flooding issues along the Maine coast.
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A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets:
Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.
WATCH: These snow leopard brothers had some fun outside this week at Big Cat Sanctuary in England. The cubs have their own personalities, one is shy and the other bold, according to their handler.
A conservative organization has issued a scathing report on the "decline" of K-12 education in Maine, blaming part of the problem on Maine's education system embracing "far-left ideology."
A wedding photographer took her love of all things Taylor Swift to an impressive level. Ashton Kelley had little nods to Swift during her own wedding in 2016, but she dreamed of much more.
#BREAKING
: Police are responding to a scene in Lewiston. At least one business on Mollison Way has closed early for the safety of their employees. (🎥:
@AtheistStreet
)
CHECK IT OUT: A Maine Game Warden and a Game Warden K-9 rescued a missing 11-year-old girl when she wandered away from home in St. Albans Friday.
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The National Weather Service is responding to Governor Janet Mill’s remarks, saying this week's historic storm was "well forecasted and communicated in advance.”
A Maine baby who was born in July at 22-weeks and weighing just 1 pound 2 ounces has finally gone home. She is reportedly the “youngest” survivor to be born in the state. (📸: MaineHealth)
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In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
Senate Republicans issued a harsh statement saying Secretary Bellows' ruling on Donald Trump is "political posturing,” and Republican State Representative John Andrews of Paris is now calling for her impeachment.
Over 45 Maine lawmakers say they are calling on Cabela’s and the Kittery Trading Post to stop selling “assault rifles” following the Lewiston mass shooting.
A Republican lawmaker introduced a resolution seeking to impeach Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows from office over her decision to rule former President Trump ineligible for Maine’s primary ballot. (Story from
@bangordailynews
)
Police say a distracted driver, who was dressed as the Grinch, went off the road and hit a New Hampshire business’ sign and mailbox on Christmas. (📸: The Word Barn)
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#BREAKING
: The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office has released a picture from one of the shooting scenes in Lewiston Wednesday night. (📷: Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office)
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CBS13 would like to pay tribute to the courageous Lisa DeBlois Eid, who lost her battle with lung cancer this weekend:
Our hearts are with
@DaveEidWGME
and his family in this trying time.
A Maine public library is opening a new chapter with a unique book club, turning the tables on conservative groups trying to ban books across the country.
The CEO of Texas Roadhouse restaurants is giving up his salary and bonus for the year in order to pay the chain's front line employees during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Police across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army reservist who would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in the state’s history:
Mainers will finally get a chance to see Maine’s new pine tree license plate that’s based on the 1901 state flag. The new standard issue plate will replace the current chickadee plate.
Governor Janet Mills’ Office says she’ll allow national popular vote legislation to become law.
That involves adding Maine’s four votes to an interstate compact meant to ditch the Electoral College process if enough states agree.
#BREAKING
: Former Governor Paul LePage went on the
@HowieCarrShow
radio show Wednesday to announce that he is challenging Governor Janet Mills in 2022:
It's called a "twice in a lifetime" experience along the Midcoast. An extremely rare bird from Russia has been spotted once again near Georgetown and it almost certainly is the same one. 🦅
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More and more people in Portland say they want the homeless encampments to end.
Many say they're tired of the drug use, crime and unsafe conditions that come with them: