The yearslong civil case involves what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks.
Nation & World
National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, News
New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World, News
Zion hiker lost, Dallas cars submerged as floods hit U.S.
Nearly 200 hikers had to be rescued in New Mexico, where flooded roads left them stranded in Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ukraine says 9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war
A Ukrainian general says Russia’s invasion has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers and their children must be taken care of.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Fauci announces December departure from government service
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s longtime top infectious disease expert, fell out of favor with then President Donald Trump when Fauci urged continued public caution as Trump sought to return to normalcy and to promote unproven therapies for the coronavirus.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, Nation & World
Missouri voters to decide automatic forgiveness for past cannabis crimes
Only seven of the 19 states where marijuana is legal require some sort of judicial forgiveness.
Posted inNation & World, News
Three Arkansas officers suspended after video captures beating
A video posted on social media showed a suspect being held down on the ground and beaten by police.
Posted inNation & World, News
Jury gets case of 2 men charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
Whitmer, a Democrat, has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists.
Posted inNation & World
Western wildfires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews
California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison.
Posted inNation & World
Somali forces end hotel attack that left 21 dead, 117 hurt
Al-Shabab – the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa – claimed responsibility.