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Lobster boat tracking coming to protect whales, fishery

By The Associated Press on Aug 15, 2021 10:00 am
It would provide regulators with better data to get an idea of where in the ocean lobsters are located.
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Bill could end North Carolina as a child bride destination

By The Associated Press on Aug 15, 2021 09:41 am
The proposed legislation would raise the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16 and limit the age difference between a 16-year-old and their spouse to four years.
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Taliban enters Kabul, await ‘peaceful transfer’ of power

By The Associated Press on Aug 15, 2021 09:26 am
In a stunning rout, the Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a week, despite the hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and NATO over nearly two decades to build up Afghan security forces.
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In a first for Maine, ransomware hackers hit 2 public wastewater plants

By The Maine Monitor on Aug 15, 2021 09:13 am
Cybersecurity experts say hackers are targeting smaller organizations, often with important infrastructure roles, and scaling their ransom demands accordingly.
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Virus claims more young victims as deaths climb yet again

By The Associated Press on Aug 15, 2021 08:40 am
The younger patients mark a shift from the elderly and frail, many living in nursing homes, who succumbed to the virus a year ago before states made seniors a priority to get inoculated first.
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Rich nations dip into COVAX supply while poor wait for shots

By The Associated Press on Aug 15, 2021 08:27 am
Under COVAX, countries were supposed to give money so vaccines could be set aside, both as donations to poor countries and as an insurance policy for richer ones to buy doses if theirs fell through.
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Monmouth pedestrian killed by car

By Rosemary Lausier on Aug 15, 2021 08:05 am
A Monmouth man was fatally struck by a passing motorist while he was walking along Main Street on Thursday morning.
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Driver attempting to change directions on I-95 causes Pittsfield crash

By Rosemary Lausier on Aug 15, 2021 07:37 am
Kaitlyn Hawkes has been charged with aggravated driving to endanger and operating with an expired license, police said.
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