Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the mid-60s to low 70s with rain throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

Susan Collins’ vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh back in spotlight after dissent in abortion case

• The Maine senator backed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject a Louisiana law restricting abortion rights, but she was defending her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the top court after he landed in the minority. Collins said her opponents were "reading too much into this specific decision" as one of her three Democratic opponents, state House Speaker Sara Gideon, accused the senator of enabling attacks on abortion rights by voting for "anti-choice nominees."

• A group of teenagers allegedly painted a swastika outside Maine’s oldest synagogue last week, a possible hate crime that Bangor police are investigating.

Bust of Penobscot Nation elder who stormed the beach at D-Day will be installed in Normandy

• Charles Shay served as a combat medic during World War II, and was present at the storming of the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He's credited with saving the lives of a number of soldiers, pulling them from the sea and saving them from drowning.

• Three years ago, it was clear the town desperately needed a new firehouse to replace a cramped space that didn't meet code requirements. Last month, after a protracted debate over the cost to build it, firefighters in Orrington moved into a new, more spacious public safety building that gives them the space they need for truck maintenance and to respond faster to nighttime emergencies.

A beginner’s guide to camping in a tent in Maine

• Camping in a tent is an activity that many people look forward to each summer. It’s an opportunity to embrace the outdoors, unwind, relax and live simply. But certain aspects of tenting can be challenging. Just one mistake can result in a very uncomfortable night under the stars.
  
  These tips and tricks for camping in a tent will help beginners try it without fear — and it might just teach seasoned campers a thing or two as well.

• After reporting last week how seven Confederate veterans came to be buried here, alert history buffs helped us identify another rebel soldier who shares a tombstone with his wife in Skowhegan. William R. McQuown was a Kentucky-born musician who composed a number of songs. Here’s the rest of the story.

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