Of the 2024 Republican candidates who did decide to show up this year, several received very rough receptions.
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Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions
The state’s new ban on most abortions after about 6 weeks of pregnancy is blocked days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law.
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Watchdog group wants RFK Jr. disinvited to hearing after his comments are blasted as antisemitic
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy threw cold water Monday on the idea of disinviting the presidential candidate from testifying before Congress.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect urges judge to release him while he awaits trial
Jack Teixeira has pleaded not guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.
Posted inNation & World
Princess Diana’s iconic sheep sweater could fetch at least $50,000 at auction
The sweater, which has an estimated price of $50,000 to $80,000, will be on display at Sotheby’s New York showroom from Sept. 7-13.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World, News
Endangered right whales’ decline worse than previously thought, regulators say
NOAA cautions that only about a third of right whale deaths are documented, so the total number of dead or injured animals could be much higher.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Floods wash away children, scorching heat envelops the West as wildfire smoke overtakes northern U.S.
The mother of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, and 4 other people, died in the flooding.
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Massive search is underway for 2 children swept away in Pennsylvania flash flood
The mother of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, and 4 other people, died in the flooding.
Posted inNation & World, News
Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again; Moscow blames Ukraine for attack
An attack before dawn damaged part of a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Police investigating long-unsolved Long Island killings search a storage facility
Suffolk County police confirmed that detectives executed a search warrant at Omega Self Storage related to the investigation that led to last week’s arrest of architect Rex Heuermann.