Authorities are trying to identify the two pilots and two passengers who died.
2021
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine Turnpike Authority predicts holiday weekend traffic will approach pre-pandemic levels
Labor Day weekend 2021 also will mark the end of a holiday tradition, with the new toll plaza in York set to open this month.
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Posted inNation & World
Those left in Afghanistan complain of broken U.S. promises
Many U.S. citizens and green card holders remain in the Afghan capital of Kabul despite official promises that every American who wants to leave Afghanistan would be taken out.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID
The problem is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, and many are leaving for lucrative temporary jobs with traveling-nurse agencies.
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Former Georgia prosecutor charged with misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
The indictment says the former district attorney showed ‘favor and affection’ toward the men charged and interfered with police officers at the scene.
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Curt Hazlett, former managing editor of the Portland Press Herald, dies at 68
Hazlett died Tuesday of complications of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, his family said.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Nurses overwhelmed by COVID surge call on Mainers to get vaccinated and wear masks
Health care workers are tired and frustrated as the pandemic carries on, and they’re urging the public to get vaccinated and take other precautions.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Sea Dogs get strong pitching in 3-1 win over Fisher Cats
Four pitchers combine on a seven-hitter as Portland earns a victory in New Hampshire
Posted inNation & World
9/11 victims’ families seek investigation of missing evidence
The victims’ relatives regard that missing or withheld evidence as potentially crucial in proving their premise that the Saudi kingdom was effectively complicit in the attacks.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted
A landmark settlement in the nation’s opioid epidemic is forcing the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to give up the company and pay out $4.5 billion.