Falah Waheeb filed a protection from harassment order against neighbor Cathy Weeks in August, and the hearing was continued for the second time on Thursday after both parties waited more than an hour at Waterville District Court.
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JPMorgan commits $30 billion to fixing banking industry’s systemic racism
The New York bank says it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners.
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Demonstrators in Portland decry police brutality in wake of Breonna Taylor case
They listened to speakers in Lincoln Park and chanted as they marched through the Old Port and along Congress Street to Deering Oaks.
Posted inNation & World
Prosecutor didn’t recommend homicide charges to grand jury in Breonna Taylor’s killing
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he won’t block the release of grand jury recordings.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review
The Racial Equity Steering Committee begins an examination of public safety, community partnerships and other policies that disproportionately affect people of color in Maine’s largest city.
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UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building
A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.
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Portland police, Black Lives Matter group clash over plans for protest Saturday
Organizers dispute Chief Frank Clark’s criticism about a lack of communication.
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Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case
The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.
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Barr under fire over comparison of virus lock-in to slavery
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., called the attorney general’s remarks ‘the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard.’
Posted inPolitics
Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters
Trump has long fanned the nation’s culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.