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In this image taken from New York State Police body camera video that was obtained by WMTW-TV 8 in Portland, Maine, New York State police interview Army Reservist Robert Card, the man responsible for Maine's deadliest mass shooting, at Camp Smith in Cortlandt, New York on July 16, 2023. Card told state police before being hospitalized that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was ”gonna friggin' do something,” according to police body cam video released under New York's Freedom of Information Law. Card went on to kill 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, leading to the largest manhunt in state history and tens of thousands of people sheltering in their homes. Card's body was found two days later. He had died by suicide. (WMTW-TV 8/New York State police via AP)

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In video, Maine gunman said reservists were scared because he was ‘capable’ of doing something
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Fri,02/16/24-9:45AM , 49 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for Maine's deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was “gonna friggin' do something.”
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Rachael Sloat, fiance of victim Peyton Brewer Ross, in framed photo, testifies, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Tearful relatives of Maine mass shooting victims plead for change to prevent future tragedies
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Wed,01/31/24-11:13PM , 83 Reads
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos and panic, family members of the victims of Maine's deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored an independent commission to make sure ot
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This undated image made from video provided by South Portland Community Television shows Mohammed Albehadli during a meeting in South Portland, Maine. Albehadli resigned as the diversity, equity and inclusion director in South Portland schools after a receiving a hateful, threatening email from a white supremacist. (South Portland Community Television via AP)

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When a white supremacist threatened an Iraqi DEI coordinator in Maine, he fled the state
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Mon,01/29/24-2:26PM , 145 Reads
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator of public schools in South Portland, Maine, has resigned and left the state, saying he fears for his family's safety after receiving a threatening letter from a white supremacist.
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Maine's top court dismisses an appeal of a judge's decision on Trump's ballot status
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Wed,01/24/24-6:51PM , 46 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state's ballot, keeping intact a judge's decision that the U.S.
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