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Reading interventionist Roxanne Davis works with a first grader on forming words at Mill Stream Elementary School.

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  • Education

Trump threatened school funding in Maine. Here's how that money is used

Schools in Maine are in the middle of a political and legal battle between the Trump administration and Gov. Janet Mills. Key programs for the most vulnerable students are at stake.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills speaks at a news conference at Morse High School on Oct. 20, 2022, in Bath, Maine.

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  • National

Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine

The funds had been initially withheld following President Trump's clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the issue of transgender athletes.

April 12, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
This image provided by Vinal Applebee shows the home of Lisa Gorman in the foreground, the poisoned oak trees behind her home, and the home of the alleged perpetrators behind the dead trees, in Camden, Maine.

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  • Environment

Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple a killer view — and united residents in outrage

A politically connected Missouri couple allegedly poisoned their neighbor's trees to secure their million-dollar view of Camden Harbor in Maine. The incident was unearthed by the victim herself.

June 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A man walks by flowers and a sign of support for the community, Oct. 28, 2023, in the wake of the mass shootings that occurred on in Lewiston, Maine. The Maine Legislature on Thursday approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.

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  • National

Maine lawmakers pass sweeping gun legislation following the Lewiston mass shooting

The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.

April 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Pictures of two of the victims of the October 2023 mass shooting by Army reservist Robert Card are seen Dec. 5 at a makeshift memorial in Lewiston, Maine.

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  • National

He warned authorities about the Lewiston, Maine, gunman, but they downplayed his texts

Sean Hodgson watched and worried as Robert Card, his best friend of 20 years and a fellow Army reservist, unraveled. But warnings he sent in September, six weeks before Card's attack, were dismissed.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot

Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.

January 02, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • and 1 more
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Dec. 16 in Durham, N.H.

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  • Elections

Trump cries 'election interference' after Maine ruling will keep him off the ballot

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stated former President Donald Trump is not qualified to appear on the state's primary ballot. The Trump campaign pledged to fight the decision in state court.

December 29, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Pratz
When the Lewiston High School Blue Devils boys' soccer team won a state championship, they brought joy to a community that was rocked by a mass shooting in late October.

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  • Sports

Lewiston High School's state soccer title is a salve after last month's mass shooting

"We just wanted to give back to the city with all they have gone through," Tegra Mbele, who scored the winning goal for the Lewiston Blue Devils, told a local newspaper.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Photos of some of the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting are seen during the vigil.

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  • National

Photos: Maine shooting victims remembered at community vigil

Over 1,500 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting. Wednesday night's attack at a bowling alley and a bar left 18 people dead and 13 injured.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Raquel C. Zaldívar
An American flag is set to half mast Saturday on a football field in Lisbon Falls, Maine, just a few hundred yards from a recycling facility where law enforcement found the body of Robert Card, the suspect in this week's mass shootings.

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  • National

Maine shooter's body was found near a scene that had been searched by police

Authorities said the 40-year-old man's body was found inside a trailer close to a recycling center Friday evening. Nearby trailers had previously been cleared twice by police.

October 28, 2023
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Maine Commissioner of Public Safety Mike Sauschuck speaks during a news conference Friday night in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

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  • National

Suspect in the Maine mass shooting has been found dead, police say

Robert Card, 40, was suspected of fatally shooting 18 people and wounding 13 others in Lewiston on Wednesday night. The hunt for him had put the region on lockdown.

October 28, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez,
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • and 2 more
An armed police officer guards the ambulance entrance to the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, early on Oct. 26, 2023. A massive manhunt was under way for 40-year-old Robert Card, who officials identified as a person of interest.

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  • National

Manhunt continues for 'person of interest' in deadly Maine shootings

A Maine public safety commissioner said Robert Card, 40, should be considered armed and dangerous. The official declined to give casualty numbers in Lewiston, saying they're "are all over the map."

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Bowdoin, Maine.

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  • National

4 are killed in a Maine home and 3 others are wounded in a linked highway shooting

Four people were fatally shot at a Maine house on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a highway, in crimes that are linked, authorities said. A man was charged with murder.

April 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rocks from a rare fireball have landed in an area across the Maine-Canada border, and a museum will pay people to find them.

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  • Space

A rare fireball flew over Maine. Now there's a $25K reward for pieces of space rock

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is looking for meteorites from a rare fireball event near the Maine-Canada border. It's willing to pay anyone who can find them.

April 13, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
A lobster rears its claws after being caught off Spruce Head, Maine, Aug. 31, 2021. A group of Maine businesses and trade groups filed a lawsuit against a California aquarium Monday, March 13, 2023, for recommending seafood customers avoid buying lobster.

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  • National

The Maine lobster industry sues California aquarium over a do-not-eat listing

Industry groups are suing the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation, arguing that their prized catch shouldn't be on a "red list" published by Seafood Watch, a conservation program it operates.

March 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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