The former CEO of failed crypto firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest comes just a day before he was due to testify in front of the House Financial Services Committee, along with the company’s current CEO, John Ray III.
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Former clerk in Oxford County Sheriff’s Office sues county
Joan Kelly of Hartford filed a civil complaint in Oxford County Superior Court in August alleging she resigned after her job description was changed and she was disciplined unfairly for going public with concerns about unequal treatment of employees and the cover-up of employee misconduct.
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Woolwich woman says Two Bridges jail staff broke her tailbone following 2016 arrest
Candace Faller says male corrections officers at the jail used physical force to hold her down for a body search, despite her protestations that, as a sexual abuse victim, she suffered from PTSD and could not handle interacting with ‘aggressive or physically intimidating men.’
Posted inMaine, News
CVS and Walgreens agree to pay Maine millions of dollars to settle opioid suits
Maine will have until the end of the year to decide whether it wants to accept terms of the settlements, which will result in more than $10 billion being paid to states by the pharmacy chains.
Posted inNation & World, News
Anger in rural areas fuel protests against Peru government
About 3,000 people gathered in the streets of Andahuaylas on Monday, to protest and to mourn and pay their respects before the white caskets of the young men who died over the weekend.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Congress eyes 1 week of funding to avoid government shutdown
Republicans and Democrats are at odds mostly over how much should be allocated for non-defense spending in the next fiscal year.
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Zelensky again presses West for advanced weapons
The G-7 leaders supported Zelensky’s appeal, saying in a statement after their meeting that “Russia can end this war immediately by ceasing its attacks against Ukraine and completely and unconditionally withdrawing its forces from the territory of Ukraine.”
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Basketball notebook: Winslow senior closes in on milestone; Lawrence girls come through late
Jason Reynolds could reach 1,000 point mark as early as Tuesday night against MCI.
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Advocacy groups rebuke calls to expand Maine’s progressive treatment program
More mental health advocacy groups are speaking out against Maine’s so-called progressive treatment program following the Thanksgiving Day murder of Gabriel Damour in Poland.
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Iran publicly executes man as a warning to protesters
The development underscores the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences handed down for those detained in the demonstrations that the government hopes to put down.