Officials say a man who had explosives materials and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in near former President Barack Obama home.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in deadly crowd surge at Texas festival
Circumstances of the deaths limited what charges prosecutors were able to present before the grand jury.
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Posted inNation & World, News
U.N. votes to establish independent body to clarify fate of over 130,000 Syrians missing in conflict
The International Commission on Missing Persons cites U.N. estimates that in 2021 more than 130,000 Syrians were missing as a result of the conflict.
Posted inNation & World, News
Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to toss out defamation claims by columnist
Former President Donald Trump tried to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds that he is entitled to absolute presidential immunity.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville identifies plans for further downtown improvements
Housing, parking and access to the green space along the Kennebec River were a focus of an urban planning discussion Thursday.
Posted inBusiness
Stocks rise and bond yields jump after the latest signs of a resilient economy
Yields jumped in the bond market after data showed the U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, much stronger than the 1.3% rate earlier estimated.
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Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat
Speech of all kinds is generally protected by the free speech clause in the Constitution’s First Amendment but so-called ‘true threats’ are an exception.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Families, business owners weigh implications of paid family leave, now likely to become Maine law
Patty Kidder said her family went bankrupt in the 1990s, and that it wouldn’t have happened if they had had access to paid leave. Other Mainers have different reactions.
Posted inMaine
Video: Franklin County vexed by storms, flooding
Flooding was reported all over the region as a storm passed through the area, dumping as much as 2-inches of rain per hour in some areas.
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Hundreds turn out to honor Cony coaching icon Paul Vachon after heart transplant surgery
Family and friends gather at Quarry Tap Room in Hallowell in ‘Game on for Vachon’ benefit.