Somerset County grand jury hands up indictments totaling 24 counts.
2021
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
Conspiracy theorist who held Belfast rally and called COVID-19 a hoax dies of COVID
Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer, had also claimed NASA is operating a child slave colony on Mars.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rental car prices skyrocket as the pandemic causes supply shortages
Average daily car rental rates almost doubled, from $89 a day over Independence Day 2020 to $166 during that same time period in 2021.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Saints 500 miles from home as Hurricane Ida rocks New Orleans
Saints players and staff, along with about 120 family members, relocated to North Texas before the storm made landfall south of New Orleans on Sunday.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Court records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters
The dissonance between the rhetoric of Capitol rioters and their supporters and the record established by courts highlights both the racial tension inherent in their arguments and the flawed assessment at the heart of their claims.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine scallop fishermen to have same limits in upcoming season
The marine resources department said there would be restricted and closed areas along the coast, as happens every year, to help scallops grow.
Posted inNation & World
Evacuees fill Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee wildfire
Residents of the city of 22,000 were stalled in traffic gridlock overhung with hazy, brown air that smelled like a campfire.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Franklin County jury finds Carthage man not guilty of sex charge
Warren Strout rejected several plea offers from the state.
Posted inNation & World
Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians
The FBI tallied 7,759 hate crimes last year, marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election and upheaval in the economy.
Posted inLocal & State
Motorcyclist killed in collision with SUV in Harrison
Police are still reconstructing the crash but say the motorcycle crossed into the oncoming lane.