Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday for the air guitar world’s version of the Olympics, featuring dedicated competitors like ‘Shred Lasso’ and ‘Guitarantula.’
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Germany that killed 3
The group said the attacker targeted Christians and was a ‘soldier of the Islamic State’ who carried out the attack ‘to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.’
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Posted inNation & World, News
Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged over 100 prisoners of war as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow’s full-scale invasion
Posted inNation & World, News
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza ahead of high-level cease-fire talks in Egypt
‘There is nothing – no apartment, no furniture, no homes, only destruction,’ said one woman. ‘We are dying slowly.’
Posted inMaine, News, Olympics, Sports
Freeport native to fulfill an athletic dream in Paris Paralympics
Skyler Samuelson Espinoza is a ‘pilot’ for her visually impaired tandem cycling teammate Hannah Chadwick.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Is small-scale wind power Maine’s next big thing?
Energy and agricultural officials, developers and others met in Freeport to begin looking at how Maine can establish small wind projects, comparable to rooftop solar panels.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine CDC says not to eat fish from 4 freshwater bodies in Brunswick
The agency says the advisory is based on PFAS testing the Navy did around its former base in October 2023, before the spill this week of 1,450 gallons of firefighting foam containing the toxic chemical.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Two shootings reported Friday night in Lewiston; police question 3 juveniles
The first report came in just before 7 p.m., police said, when rounds were reported fired behind a mosque on Bartlett Street. At the time, a community event with hundreds of people was taking place at Mike McGraw Park in the same area.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Fire damages former industrial building in Jefferson
Firefighters from nearly a dozen towns in three counties turned out to knock down the fire Thursday on Somerville Road at a former industrial building that’s now being used to grow cannabis.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial
A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the scene where her Boston police officer boyfriend died.