The new status, however, appears to change little in the immediate future for Julian Assange, who has been living at the Ecuadorean embassy in London for 5 years.
2018
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Maine hopes to lure Amazon with incentives, state charm
Amazon’s search for a second headquarters city has triggered an unprecedented competition among governments around North America.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Walmart boosts starting pay, closing dozens of Sam’s Clubs
The world’s largest retailer said the moves, which also include expanded parental leave benefits, will affect more than a million hourly workers in the U.S.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor
Such requirements, long pushed by conservatives – including the administration of Maine Gov. Paul LePage – represent a tectonic change in the Medicaid program.
Posted inMaine, News
Temperature swings wreak havoc on water mains in Greater Portland
The Portland Water District repaired five water main breaks in two days, and one repair in Windham will shut down a road until Monday.
Posted inMaine, News
Five hunters escape boat’s capsizing off Prouts Neck
A skiff carrying the hunters overturned, leaving them to scramble up the rocks to safety, the fire department said.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Shapleigh man strangled girlfriend, threatened to ‘kill people,’ police say
York County deputies deputies used a cruiser public address system to order Nicholas Tapscott out of the house to arrest him.
Posted inMaine
Sanford man, 31, dies when car is rear-ended, pushed into path of school bus
No students were on the MSAD bus when Jeremiah Smith’s car was pushed onto Route 4 in Berwick.
Posted inEditorials
Our View: Maine should stay the course on ocean wind
The state has already invested too much to give up now on a home-grown industry.
Posted inLifestyle
Dinner and a Show planned for Somerset Abbey
Cape Breton and Acadian Music will be featured at Jan. 27 event.