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Portland, Maine (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit filed against the rule by gun rights groups.

A group of kindergartners sit on the carpet in a classroom at Cleveland’s Halle School and watch a cartoon. In it, Eddie Eagle and his friends discover a gun while playing basketball.

Instructor Eleanor Nurre, a retired teacher with the organization Safety to Go, talks to students about gun safety at Halle School in Cleveland. A group of kindergartners sit on the carpet in a ...