1. Today marks six months since the tragedy in Lewiston, and the community is honoring victims of the tragedy at a gathering at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston at 6:30 p.m. (WMTW)

2. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law, which gives Tik Tok’s parent company, ByteDance, nine months to sell the app, or it will be banned from app stores in the U.S. (WMTW)

3. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission banned noncompete agreements between companies and workers. Noncompete clauses have prevented employees from changing jobs within their industries for a specific time period. Hours later, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it would sue to block the ruling, calling it “unnecessary and unlawful.” (CBS)

4. The US’ birth rate has fallen to a record low, ending the uptick in new babies that began during the pandemic. The birth rate is so low right now that it’s below what is needed to replace deaths of previous generations since 1971. (CBS)

5. A company has unveiled a robot dog companion with a flamethrower attached. Throwflame says the Thermonator is the first-ever flame-throwing quadruped robot dog. The Ohio-based firm announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government agencies for the first time. The flame-throwing dog can avoid obstacles and leap through the air, the device has laser sighting and can operate for an hour. (NYP)

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