Police charged Chereese Ford and her boyfriend, Craig Beaudoin, as fugitives from justice after Ford’s 9-year-old twin girls were taken from Plymouth, Massachusetts to Lewiston.
2017
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine secretary of state, a member of Trump voting commission, sues panel for information about its work
Democrat Matthew Dunlap contends that the commission’s chairman, Vice President Mike Pence, and vice chairman are excluding him and other members.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Trump unaware as Japanese prime minister falls in bunker during golf game
Shinzo Abe’s graceful backflip was caught on camera.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Ivanka Trump to visit Biddeford on Friday for tax forum
The president’s daughter, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza will participate in the forum at Volk Packaging, a business co-owned by the husband of Republican state Sen. Amy Volk.
Posted inNation & World, News
Saudi Arabia detains 201 in over $100 billion corruption sweep
The purge has targeted dozens of top princes, officials, military officers and businessmen.
Posted inNation & World, News
UN, aid groups warn of ‘starvation and death’ in Yemen
Food supplies are expected to run out within 6 weeks if the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade isn’t loosened.
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Pope Francis: Lift up your hearts, not your cellphones during worship
‘Please!’ the pope implored. ‘Mass is not a show!’
Posted inNation & World, News
Defiant Hong Kong soccer fans boo China anthem at match
In late October a new law went into effect toughening penalties for being disrespectful of the national athem.
Posted inNation & World, News
Islamic State militants evacuate last stronghold in Syria to government
The Syrian military declared Boukamal, a town on the Iraqi border, liberated after intense battles this week.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Kevin Spacey to be cut from finished film, replaced by Christopher Plummer
The film ‘All the Money in the World’ was set to be premiered on Nov. 16.