Overcoming severe depression, Lynn Albert Leger has two carvings on display as are part of a veterans’ art show at the State House.
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Posted inNation / World
A person is dead and 16 hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University
A man was taken into custody while leaving the scene of the campus shooting and had been found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.
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The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It’s working
The Future Soldier Prep Course was started as a trial program two years ago to provide additional instruction for recruits who couldn’t meet the Army’s physical and academic test standards.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Photo: 97-year-old veteran says her service introduced her to the realities of racial segregation
Cecile Burgoyne joined the Army in the 1950s, after working overnight shifts at the mill following her high school graduation in Lewiston.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Late WWII veteran’s flag to remain on display at Lewiston’s North Temple Street fire station
William J. Burns, a longtime Warren Avenue resident who passed away in 2003, will live on in memory in the form of his military funeral flag at Lewiston’s North Temple Street fire station.
Posted inNation / World
New York parks employee dies fighting fires; air quality warnings issued in N.Y., New Jersey
The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon.
Posted inNation / World
Drones strike Moscow as top U.K. official highlights casualties in Ukraine
A massive drone strike has rattled Moscow and its suburbs, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports.
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The Week in Photos: Nov. 2-8, 2024
Sun Journal photographers select some of their favorite images from last week.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish
His to-do list also includes imposing tariffs on imported goods, rolling back protections for transgender children, and firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
Trump and Republicans made gains in Maine, even as state stayed blue. What impact could that have?
Republicans say this year’s election showed growing momentum for their party. Democrats say Maine didn’t follow the national Republican shift – a testament to party leaders here.