These are some of the stories central Maine is talking about today.

Maine state police say the deaths of three members of a family were a double murder followed by a suicide. Police have been investigating the deaths of 71-year-old Svend Jorgensen, 75-year-old wife Carol Jorgensen and 40-year-old son Eric Jorgensen. Their bodies were found in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday. Officials have concluded Svend Jorgensen shot his wife and son and then turned the gun on himself. Police say Svend Jorgensen left a note concerning his financial affairs but it gave no explanation for the killings. (AP)

The mother of a 22-year-old Maine man who tried to launch a firework off the top of his head for July Fourth and was killed instantly says she's advocating for stricter controls about who can use the explosives. Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in a backyard in Calais when the accident happened. Kathleen Staples says she is going to reach out to lawmakers about the possibility of tighter controls over fireworks. She says the state should consider requiring safety training courses before allowing someone to use them. She compared fireworks with other regulated items such as cars and guns. Retailers have opposed previous efforts to restrict the use of fireworks. (AP)

As Maine continues to weather its worst acute hepatitis C outbreak since cases were recorded in the 1990s, health advocates say the state's heroin epidemic is to blame. Acute cases of the blood-borne viral disease more than tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis C is often spread through needles shared by intravenous drug users. The state CDC says acute and chronic cases show similar numbers this year through June 30 as in 2014, which suggests the outbreak is continuing. The CDC's strategy for reduction is a combination of prevention, education, testing and linkage to care. The CDC is promoting "no-cost" hepatitis C screenings across the state. (AP)

The owner of Smokey’s Greater Shows has been charged by the State Fire Marshal’s Office in connection with last month’s mishaps at a carnival in Waterville. Three children and a woman were injured on rides operated by Smokey’s. The Fire Marshal’s Office says Smokey’s owner failed to train the employee involved. According to WABI, investigators say the operator of the Air Time Swing let the ride start without a woman being properly restrained. The night before that, three kids were hurt on the Dragon Wagon ride when two of its sections uncoupled. That ride’s supervisor is accused of trying to make repairs on the ride before authorities arrived on scene. He’s charged with falsifying physical evidence. Both are due in court in September. (WABI)

State and local law enforcement officers including a Cumberland County Sheriff's Office SWAT team all raced to what they thought was an enraged gunman and a hostage crisis Sunday night at a home in Standish. But according to WGME it was all a hoax.  But it was no joke to the unsuspecting family handcuffed at gunpoint. Five children were inside the house, and all of them were crying when they saw their parents taken away in handcuffs. 911 calls like this are called "Swatting” or faking a crisis to get a SWAT team to respond. If caught, that person could face state or federal charges. The prank call cost responding law enforcement agencies nearly $10,000. (WGME/centralmaine.com)

Bill Cosby's admission that he obtained quaaludes to give young women he was pursuing for sex could bolster defamation claims lodged by his accusers. In sworn testimony unsealed Monday, Cosby admits he gave the now-banned sedative to at least one of his accusers and to others. The deposition was given in the sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Temple University employee Andrea Constand, who reached a confidential settlement with Cosby in 2006. (AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel  says, "Time is of the essence" in reaching a deal to give Greece its final bailout installment. Eurozone finance ministers have hastily called a meeting in Brussels Tuesday, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be there. Tsipras faces intense pressure from creditors abroad and from banks at home who all are demanding money, something Greece doesn't have right now. (AP)

Illinois voters on Tuesday will nominate potential successors to ex-U.S. Congressman Aaron Schock. The once-rising Republican star resigned in March amid questions about his use of taxpayer and campaign funds for worldwide travels and the redecorating of his congressional office in the style of "Downton Abbey." Among those running in the special primary are state Sen. Darin LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and conservative writer Michael Flynn, who helped start a news website with late commentator Andrew Breitbart. (AP)

Buffalo, New York's Squaw Island has been renamed. Members of the Seneca Indian Nation joined Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown Monday as he signed a bill changing the island's name to Unity Island. The bill signing followed a vote by the Common Council last month to change the 336-year-old name following complaints that it was offensive to Native American women. (AP)

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