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Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say
A source with knowledge of the accusations says the far-right leader faces charges of money laundering and criminal association.
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July 4People will still need older bills to use most vending machines and to pay bus fares.
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July 4More than a dozen reports issued in the past year point to an intensifying effort from Russia to undermine President Emmanuel Macron, one of Ukraine's most vocal supporters in Europe.
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July 4Online behemoth Amazon will hold a minority stake.
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He was found guilty of attempted trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group.
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July 4In honor of the singer, the city has renamed itself 'Swiftkirchen' – at least temporarily.
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July 4Hundreds lined the parade route waving flags and wearing red, white and blue in a celebration of America's birthday.
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July 4On Wednesday evening, Jeffries led a tightly controlled conference call of House Democratic leaders as concern over Biden ricocheted on and off Capitol Hill.
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July 4The center-left Labour Party appears to have defeated the center-right Conservative Party in a historic landslide, according to exit polls.
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July 4The creature lived about 280 million years ago during the early Permian period, an age when there was a single continent, Pangaea – and about 40 million years before the first dinosaurs.
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July 4An event that the White House anticipated would project Biden’s global leadership and deliver a foreign policy victory at a key campaign moment – less than a week before the Republican National Convention – now has new meaning.
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July 4Word of the decision emerged as an Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to send negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks.
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July 4However, party delegates haven’t exercised independent authority in more than half a century.
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July 4Even after the highest temperatures have passed, heat can still be dangerous, especially to the most vulnerable.
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July 4The scramble to evacuate the hospital began Monday when Israel issued evacuation orders for eastern parts of Khan Younis.
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July 4The storm will be weaker when it reaches the Mexican coast.
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July 4The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a hub that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide how to spend opioid settlement funds.
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Residents say the parking situation along Shore Road has become dangerous and are asking town officials to do something about it.
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July 4Golden, who needs support from Trump voters in November, predicted Donald Trump will win the presidency against incumbent President Biden, and said he can work with that.
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After repeated trip cancellations, the state-run ferry service in Penobscot Bay has contracted with an Indiana company to provide temporary workers.
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July 3Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
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July 3Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded earlier this year that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters serving migrants and refugees, turn over records showing the names of those it housed.
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July 3A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation
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July 3Firefighters worked to contain the blaze, which covered 5.5 square miles.
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July 3Joshua Decker pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of enticing a minor and possessing child sexual abuse material.
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July 3Wind-whipped rain pounded the island for hours as residents heeded authorities' call to shelter until the storm had passed.
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July 3The former president and his allies have publicly dismissed suggestions that Biden could withdraw from the race, insisting that it is too late for Democrats to change course.
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July 3While the company is mired in political wrangling, its business influence is huge and undisputed.
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July 3Critics argue he has done little over six days since the debate to directly address the deep concerns of Democrats and the voting public about his ability to handle the job.
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July 3Court records reveal that Daryl Walsh, 39, made threats and appeared to be in the process of building a bomb when his mother reported him to police.
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July 3The idea was developed by local food truck operators who wanted to serve more locally.
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July 3Jeremy and Amanda McDaniel have worked over the last year to figure out how to get people out to Swan Island and will soon offer a guided tour.
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July 3Private U.S. colleges raised their prices, but still saw margins fall to the lowest level in over a decade.
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July 3On Feb. 12, 1994 – the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway – Enger managed to steal the “The Scream” from the National Gallery.
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July 3The boy died at Maine Medical Center on June 20. Police have not released his cause of death.
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July 3Although Microsoft is headquartered in Washington state, it has significant operations in California, where the case was brought.
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July 3The head of the agency said TSA has enough screeners to handle the expected crowds this weekend and through the summer.
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July 3About 41% of foundations for the setting of poles on the NECEC corridor have been completed, 31% of poles have been set and 34% of circuit wires are done, the developer said.
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July 4Owners of the vehicles do not need to take any action.
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July 3A New York state trooper shot Paul Gosselin, 63, during an incident Tuesday, officials said.
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July 3Miguel M. Visuano III, 39, of Farmington was pronounced dead Tuesday at the scene, Franklin County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Close said.
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July 3Eat pie in Fort Williams Park, try these cream ales and see a musical in Ogunquit.
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July 3A 49-year-old refugee, husband and father who built a successful life in America died Monday after a tire hit his car.
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July 4She tells him last week's debate was "difficult to watch" and that she is looking forward to the president demonstrating "the same heart, determination and vigor that he brought" to a meeting of two dozen Democratic governors Wednesday night.
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July 3So far, top Democratic leaders have mostly stood behind Biden in public statements.
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July 3The trails and bridges along the 20-mile loop are too narrow, and the state lacks the funding to fix the short route.
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July 3The Palestinians view the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank as the main barrier to any lasting peace agreement and most of the international community considers them illegal or illegitimate.
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July 3Addison DeRoche turned heads and wowed onlookers in her freshman year. And while the spotlight will only brighten, she's ready for it.
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July 3A court in Northern Ireland issued arrest warrants for her earlier this decade. She was arrested in Maine in February.
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July 2The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said that at least 2 suspects used heavy equipment onsite to cause several hundred thousand dollars in damage.
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July 2Their statements Tuesday stood in contrast to the reaction from the other 2 members of Maine's congressional delegation, who were quick to criticize the court's ruling on Monday.
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July 2The Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October was found to have brain injuries caused by blast exposure during military training.
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July 2Three-quarters of U.S. voters – and more than half of Democratic voters – say the party would have a better chance of winning the presidency with someone else at the top of the ticket.
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July 3Police say the 3-year-old boy had what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the hand and was being treated at Maine Medical Center.
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July 2Authorities don't know what caused the panic but it's possible overcrowding was the source as initial reports say organizers had permission to host about 5,000 people, but over 15,000 showed up.
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July 2Forty-six Maine companies received a share of the grant funding as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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July 2The agency determines that the potential of slowing the devastating disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment outweigh the risks of brain bleeds.
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July 2Lights Up Productions, which formed in November, signed a three-year lease with the town to renovate and operate the 115-year-old venue.
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July 2The Lewiston Democrat predicts that President Biden will lose the election in November, and that democracy will not fail because 'no one man is strong enough to take it away from us.'
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July 3Built by Maine college students, MESAT-1 will collect climate data for Maine students studying urban heat islands, phytoplankton and harmful algae blooms.
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July 3The lawsuit, from the editor of a conservative media outlet, seeks the release of information regarding Gov. Mill's schedule during the December storm that wreaked havoc in Maine.