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Trump presents Medal of Freedom to NBA’s Jerry West

by DARLENE SUPERVILLE and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press September 5, 2019September 6, 2019

The basketball legend delivered championships to the Los Angeles Lakers as both a player and an executive.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Hurricane death toll in Bahamas at 30 as aid begins to land

by MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Among the most desperate of Dorian’s victims there are people who once lived in a shantytown known as ‘The Mudd.’

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Memoir by Sarah Huckabee Sanders coming in 2020

by Associated Press September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

The former White House press secretary will write about her time in the Trump administration, ‘including the most dramatic and challenging moments,” St. Martin’s Press says.

Business, Nation & World, Uncategorized

Stocks jump on planned resumption of U.S.-China trade talks

by ALEX VEIGA Associated Press September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Financial markets are also bolstered by positive economic data showing that companies are still hiring at a solid pace and that productivity rose at a healthy rate last quarter.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Trump drags ‘Sharpiegate’ into second day as latest self-inflicted wound festers

by John T. Bennett CQ-Roll Call September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Trump came out firing Thursday morning about an altered map of the projected path of Hurricane Dorian.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

American woman arrested at Manila airport with baby hidden in carry-on bag

by Associated Press September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Philippine officials arrest the woman and charge her with human trafficking for attempting to carry a 6-day-old baby out of the country.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Some migrant parents deported without kids can return to U.S.

by NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

A federal judge has ruled that government agents unlawfully prevented 11 parents from pursuing asylum cases.

Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized

OFF RADAR: ‘Say What You Can’ by Elizabeth Tibbetts

September 5, 2019September 3, 2019

You’d never think so, but poetry is being published in proliferation pretty much throughout the English-speaking world. “Say What You Can” by Elizabeth Tibbetts, of Hope, offers an example of the skillful writing that’s under way hereabouts.