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Bill to control outdoor cats met with outstretched claws

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill to make Maine's animal trespass law apply to cats swiftly ran up against opposition from cat lovers on Monday. Herding cats, it turns out, may be simpler than getting people to agree on how to keep them from roaming and killing birds. Rep. Vicki Doudera took ...

Bowdoin president walks back praise for friend of Epstein

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Bowdoin College president who described a trustee who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein as representing "all that is great about Bowdoin" now says he was "clearly wrong" since new details have come to light in a lawsuit. Newly unredacted portions of a lawsuit ...

Train hit tractor trailer in Vermont; no injuries reported

SHARON, Vt. (AP) — No injuries were reported in a collision between an Amtrak train carrying 68 passengers and a tractor-trailer in Vermont on Monday, state police said. The train, which was traveling from St. Albans to Washington, D.C., hit the tractor's flatbed loaded with rocks around ...

2 state troopers placed on paid leave amid investigation

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont troopers have been placed on paid leave as state police officials investigate reports that off-duty troopers made racist and misogynistic comments while playing an online game. The two troopers from the Westminster barracks were placed on paid ...

Man dies in exchange of gunfire with police near casino

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A man accused of acting aggressively toward others at a Massachusetts casino died early Saturday after being chased by and exchanging gunfire with police. According to prosecutors, members of the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit and the ...

DA: Former youth minister pleads guilty to child rape

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A former youth minister has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three vulnerable boys that he met through church, prosecutors said. Russell Davis, 70, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, and formerly of Newbury, Massachusetts, was sentenced in Salem Superior Court on Wednesday ...