Jason Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery – one for each bullet fired at Laquan McDonald.
2019
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Nation’s travel industry feeling shutdown jitters
A $1.6 trillion sector that fills one out of every 20 jobs in the U.S. is leery of the adverse consumer effects of an enduring government shutdown.
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Posted inNation & World
More asteroids are smacking Earth
But asteroids still only hit Earth on average every million or few million years, even with the increased crash rate.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Mueller’s office refutes report that Trump told lawyer to lie to Congress
The unprecedented public statement regarding its evidence in the Russia probe says the explosive report by BuzzFeed News is inaccurate.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
York man jailed for sending threatening emails wants early release
Austin Santoro, who pleaded guilty to sending emails that threatened rape and appeared to be from police, asks a judge for release from prison until he’s sentenced.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Forest Hills boys basketball runs past overmatched Temple
Tigers push pace from start to finish to remain undefeated.
Posted inNation & World
May meeting with Brexit foes but unable to gain ground
May has been unwilling to move her ‘red lines’ in the Brexit negotiations, which include taking Britain out of the bloc’s customs union.
Posted inMaine, News
Somerset County woman killed in highway crash in Carmel
Kathryn Hallett, 66, of Cambridge was a passenger in a truck driven by her husband that skidded out of control in snowy conditions on Interstate 95, Maine State Police say.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Sanford dig turns up artifacts, but no 18th century garrison
Archaeologists and volunteers had hoped to find evidence of the Phillipstown Garrison, which predated the incorporation of Sanford in 1768.
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
Women striving for greater roles in religions
Social media is a big catalyst in boosting activism and forging solidarity.