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Maine colleges, Sports

Ex-UMA standout Plummer to be inducted to USCAA Hall of Fame

by Mike Mandell April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Top scorer in UMA women’s basketball history to be inducted June 11 in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Maine, Morning Sentinel

Report: Broader PFAS testing needed to avoid underreporting contamination

by Kaitlyn Budion April 14, 2023April 17, 2023

A study organized by the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council determined that the testing protocol used by federal researchers misses an array of “forever chemicals” that are contaminating drinking water.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Leak suspect yearned to join military but then regretted it

by NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Jack Teixeira grew up in Dighton, a rural community south of Boston that is dotted with single-family homes interspersed with small farms.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut

by ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Until recently, a notorious private Russian military contractor, the Wagner Group, spearheaded the campaign to take Bakhmut.

Nation & World, News

El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by U.S.

by LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled the three indictments aimed at hitting the cartel’s global network.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Colby receives trove of art from late collector, including prints by influential painter

by Megan Gray April 14, 2023April 15, 2023

The gift of 184 works also includes photographs that represent the passions of the donor, Norma Marin, who died last year.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Massachusetts guardsman appears in court as U.S. reveals case against him

by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Friday’s new details about the highest-profile intelligence leak shed light on how investigators came to zero in on Jack Teixeira even though a motive for the disclosures remains publicly unexplained.