Swedish authorities say an ethnic Chechen identified as the organizer of the Istanbul airport bombing was convicted of weapons smuggling in 2008.
July 2016
Posted inNation & World
Court orders trial for girl who texted boyfriend urging suicide
The court says evidence suggests Michelle Carter targeted the boy’s insecurities and told him to ‘get back in’ a truck filled with carbon monoxide fumes.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Fairfield man arrested for trespassing at Town Office
Mark Pantermoller allegedly refused to leave the premises unless he was arrested, police said.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
How Maine drug agents intercepted suspect with record haul of heroin
Officials say James Jamison of Connecticut, who was taken into custody in Scarborough after a crash and a manhunt, was on his way to Aroostook County with $450,000 worth of heroin.
Posted inNation & World, News
Yale professor facing drug charges after dog mauling death
Police Hamilton Hicks had three bags of crack cocaine in his possession during the June 20 dog attack that killed 53-year-old Jocelyn Winfrey.
Posted inNation & World, News
Fourth-generation owner of landmark New York pizzeria shot to death
Police say the body of L&B Spumoni Gardens owner Louis Barbati was found in the backyard of his home in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights section.
Posted inNews, Politics
Attorney General Lynch says she’ll accept prosecutors’ recommendation on Clinton email
She acknowledges that her impromptu meeting with Bill Clinton ‘cast a shadow’ on the situation.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Waterville woman identified as Kennebec River drowning victim
Barbara York, 53, died after she and Jeffrey Smith, 50, of Norridgewock, were ejected from their motorboat Thursday on the Kennebec River in Norridgewock.
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France, Britain commemorate the deadliest battle of WWI
Members of the British royal family and PM David Cameron attended ceremonies on the 100th anniversary of Battle of the Somme.