In a recording played to jurors, Stewart Rhodes said he hoped antifa activists would start clashes because it would give President Trump the ‘reason and rationale for dropping the Insurrection Act.’
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Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend’s abortion, report says
The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, who has weathered several allegations during the course of the race, has run on the platform that there are ‘no excuses’ for the procedure. The Daily Beast reported that Walker encouraged his girlfriend to terminate the pregnancy, saying it wasn’t the right time for a baby.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Former Northeastern employee charged in campus bomb hoax
The man’s minor injuries were not consistent with an explosion and a letter near the purported bomb was in ‘pristine’ condition, the FBI says.
Posted inNation & World
Indonesia soccer group: Some gates locked in deadly crush
Survivors says the gates were locked while police insist all of them were open but were too narrow to accommodate the rush.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Many pessimistic about improving standard of living, poll finds
The federal minimum wage in 2021 was worth 34 percent less than in 1968.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago documents dispute
His lawyers submitted the application to Justice Clarence Thomas, who oversees emergency matters from Florida and other Southern states.
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U.S. Mint likely to put Lewiston’s Bernard Lown on a dollar coin in 2024
The inventor of the defibrillator, educated at Lewiston High School, to represent Maine in the American Innovations coin program
Posted inNation & World
Flint water crisis charges dropped for 7 former officials
The city started using water from the Flint River in 2014 but failed to treat it for its corrosive qualities.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody.
The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Iconic Goodwill stores get serious with online treasures for thrifters
GoodwillFinds, a newly incorporated shopping venture, is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding Goodwill’s internet presence.