Simone Biles edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil during a tense all-around gymnastics final Thursday to become a two-time Olympic champion
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Simone Biles edges Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for her second Olympic all-around gymnastics title
Sunisa Lee, the Tokyo Olympics champion, earns bronze despite spending much of the last 15 months dealing with multiple kidney diseases that left her return to the Games very much in doubt.
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Posted inMaine, Times Record
Wild Blueberry Weekend brings crop into focus
Wild Blueberry Weekend kicks off August with its fourth year of celebrating the official state berry.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios
The protest marks the first large labor action since game voice actors and performance workers voted to strike last week.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘American Idol’ adds Carrie Underwood to its panel of judges, replacing Katy Perry
Despite fans’ mixed reception, Perry said in February that she’s open to returning to ‘American Idol’ after her new creative chapter.
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Cardi B files for divorce from Offset, posts she’s pregnant with their third child on Instagram
The hip-hop power couple were secretly wed on Sept. 20, 2017, in Atlanta.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Driver charged in Waterville pedestrian crash that seriously injured woman
Peter Michaud, 70, of Waterville, was charged with aggravated driving to endanger after the Jeep he was driving Sunday on Elm Street in Waterville struck and seriously injured a woman and left another person with minor injuries, police said.
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Senate committee endorses Maine judge for position on Boston federal appeals court
Maine Superior Court Justice Julia Lipez was lauded for her work in human trafficking and sexual violence cases.
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Planned Parenthood of Northern New England facing $8.6 million deficit
The nonprofit reproductive health provider is seeking $3.4 million from Maine. The funding would go to reproductive health services that don’t include abortion.
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Friends of Evan Gershkovich relieved to hear of his release from Russian prison
The White House confirmed that the 2014 Bowdoin College alum was freed. He had been sentenced to prison in Russia on spying charges that the U.S. said were not justified.