The Maine A.G.’s Office said the pro-Palestine writing expressed opinions “that would not be actionable under the Maine Civil Rights Act.”
2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World
‘The Night Watchman,’ Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
One of the country’s most esteemed novelists, Louise Erdrich, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for ‘The Night Watchman.’
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Posted inNation / World
Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
The ranking Republican on the Senate energy committee says Tracy Stone-Manning, nominated to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, should be disqualified for her collaboration with ‘extreme environmental activists.’
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Portland police arrest suspect in 2 Friday morning assaults in Bayside neighborhood
Joshua Rezendes, 36, of Portland was charged with assault and felony aggravated assault in the attacks, one of which left a man in critical condition with a stab wound to the neck, police say.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Some J&J vaccine doses can be used, but many must be tossed
The FDA says it determined that two batches could be released from a troubled Baltimore factory, which is owned by Emergent BioSolutions and has been shuttered for eight weeks.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine ethics panel votes to pursue records from power line opponents
The unanimous vote against vacating a subpoena for information from an unidentified Virginia-based political consulting firm came after a lengthy closed-door meeting.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Justice Department to review restrictive Republican voting laws
Along with reviewing new state laws, Attorney General Merrick Garland says the department will examine existing ones for their potential to discriminate against minority voters.
Posted inCommunity Sports, Local Sports, Sports
William J. Rodgers Post Junior Legion tryouts this Sunday
William J. Rogers Post 153 is holding Junior Legion tryouts Sunday, June 13, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Auburn Suburban Baseball and Softball Complex. Players who are 17 years old (cannot turn 18 in the calendar year) and younger and go to school or reside in Lewiston and Auburn are eligible to tryout for […]
