Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit skies before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and U2 frontman Bono, who kneeled to ground while singing “Vertigo.”
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Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
Celtics land point guard Jrue Holiday in blockbuster deal with Portland
Boston parts with Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams and two future first-round draft picks.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Groundbreaking choreographer Rudy Perez, a trailblazer of postmodern dance, dies at age 93
Perez died of complications from asthma.
Posted inSports
Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for European golfers
The American team falls 16½ to 11½, making it 30 years since it has won the event in Europe.
Posted inSports
Brandon Talisesky, Emma Howe claim Maine Marathon titles
Former Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara also joined the field and completed his third marathon, and his second in eight days.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Rep. Matt Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says
Rep. Matt Gaetz says he’ll try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week
Posted inNation & World, News
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since Sandy Hook
Immediately after it was passed, the law was challenged in court by gun rights supporters. Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun law, passed in response to the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown that claimed 26 lives, is also being contested in court.
Posted inNation & World, News
A populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia
Saturday’s election was a test for the small eastern European country’s support for neighboring Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and family as tributes pour in
The gathering will take place in the same one-story structure where the Carters lived before he was first elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Commercial kitchen planned for downtown Skowhegan to boost local food economy
The nonprofit group Main Street Skowhegan is working to raise at least $1 million to help small food businesses cut overhead costs and increase their following with a shared commercial kitchen and food hall at 185 Water St.