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This Dec. 2, 2021, photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga. The federal government hasn't done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear, and new rules are needed to protect the species from extinction, a judge has ruled, Friday, July 8, 2022. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556 via AP)

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Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Sat,07/09/22-9:25AM , 376 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government hasn't done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear, and new rules are needed to protect the species from extinction, a judge has ruled.
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Care network to make changes after trans discrimination case
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Mon,06/13/22-10:46AM , 931 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of adult care facilities in Maine will adopt a nondiscrimination policy about the care of transgender people as part of a settlement with a woman who filed a human rights complaint against the company.
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Jessica Pflumm of Olathe, Kansas, poses with Maks, a Ukrainian boy she and her family are working to adopt. The Pflumms are among dozens of families whose adoptions are on hold because of the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has halted the process of international adoption. Ukraine has stopped all international adoptions as the country copes with the turmoil unleashed on its courts by the war. (Photo Courtesy of Jessica Pflumm via AP)

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Adoptions another facet of life halted by war in Ukraine
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Sat,05/21/22-12:03AM , 751 Reads
LEEDS, Maine (AP) — The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of all kinds — including those who have seen their prospective adoptions put on hold.
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In this Oct. 29, 2015, file photo, a cod to be auctioned sits on ice at the Portland Fish Exchange, in Portland, Maine. Russia, along with Iceland and Norway, remains a major producer of the white fish, which it harvests from the Barents Sea and other frigid oceans. The U.S. is clamping down on trade with Russia, and is targeting seafood in particular. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Seafood biz braces for losses of jobs, fish due to sanctions
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Thu,03/31/22-12:09AM , 1,027 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The worldwide seafood industry is steeling itself for price hikes, supply disruptions and potential job losses as new rounds of economic sanctions on Russia make key species such as cod and crab harder to come by.
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