The paring of losses came as optimism rose that Washington may be able to get past its partisanship to deliver more support for the economy.
October 2020
Posted inNation & World, News
Shock, sympathy, criticism: World reacts to Trump infection
World leaders were quick to weigh in, with official sympathy from the top and something approaching schadenfreude elsewhere.
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Our View: Treat suicide as the public health problem it is
A new task force being formed to help veterans will do the important work of lowering the stigma that is getting in the way of care.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 2
Oct. 2, 1897: Former Portland Mayor Neal Dow, renowned for his lifelong crusade against alcohol consumption, dies in Portland at 93. Dow served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives. He also was the Prohibition Party’s candidate for president in 1880. Portland’s Daily Eastern Argus newspaper, whose political leanings in the 19th century often […]