Thursday’s 77-66 vote followed emotional testimony on both sides. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
Gottlieb had one of the greatest runs of any editor after World War II and helped shape the modern publishing canon.
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Posted inSports
MLB notebook: MLB to start months-long approval process for Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas
Commissioner Rob Manfred says the team must submit a relocation application explaining its efforts in Oakland and why Las Vegas is a better market.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Brandon Smith returned to the diamond and found a role with Monmouth
The junior hadn’t played since he was in sixth grade. He was convinced to join the team this season, and his bunting has played a key role in the Mustangs’ run to the Class C state final.
Posted inNation & World
Former NYC Mayor de Blasio ordered to pay $475,000 for misusing public funds on failed White House bid
The hefty fine is the largest ever handed out by New York’s Conflicts of Interest Board.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox flaws can be addressed ahead of trade deadline
Analysis: Boston could add a shortstop, starter and reliever to help get into playoff contention.
Posted inNation & World
How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders
The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost.
Posted inNation & World
Women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees
They call themselves Abeja Negra SOS – a group of mostly women working hive by hive to relocate bees that would be exterminated if they remained in Mexico’s crowded capital city.
Posted inNation & World
American arrested for pushing 2 tourists into ravine at German castle, leaving 1 dead
The man met the 2 women, both American tourists, on a hiking path and lured them to a viewpoint, police said.
Posted inNation & World, News
El Niño, not avian flu, caused the deaths of hundreds of birds in Mexico, government says
Most of the dead birds were Sooty Shearwaters, seagulls, and pelicans.