Maine

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

5:58am June 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

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.

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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Maine lawmakers pass sweeping gun legislation following the Lewiston mass shooting

1:11pm April 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

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.

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

1:46pm January 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

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.

Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.

Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot

12:08pm January 02, 2024

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.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Dec. 16 in Durham, N.H.

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

11:07pm December 28, 2023

by Megan Pratz

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

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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.

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

3:04pm November 13, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"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.

Photos of some of the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting are seen during the vigil.

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Photos: Maine shooting victims remembered at community vigil

9:37am October 30, 2023

by Raquel C. Zaldívar

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.

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

11:47am October 28, 2023

by Willem Marx

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.

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

11:14pm October 27, 2023

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.

In this video image, an unidentified man points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday.

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Police identify person of interest in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine

11:20pm October 25, 2023

by NPR Staff

A shelter-in-place order remains in place for Androscoggin County, Maine, as authorities search for the suspect in Wednesday's shootings.