MIAMI (AP) — Immigrants and their allies will march this weekend on Taylorville, Ill., in time for the annual chili fest. They’ll take a break from harvesting spuds to demonstrate in Boise, Idaho, and they’ll hold candles until dawn along the banks of Lake Hollingsworth near Orlando, Fla. In more than 150 cities around the […]
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Portland City Council approves controversial sale of publicly owned plaza
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council decided on Monday night to sell about two-thirds of the publicly owned Congress Square Park to private developers, who wish to use the space to expand on the former Eastland Park Hotel. The deal proposal, which was amended several times during more than two hours of council deliberation Monday […]
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Advocates turn to Obama for action on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — With immigration legislation stalled in Congress, advocates are intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to act unilaterally to stop deportations or grant legal status to some of the 11 million people now living in the U.S. illegally. Activists are stepping up acts of civil disobedience like one last month in Phoenix, where […]
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Auburn police arrest 3 oil train protestors
AUBURN — The way Jessie Dowling sees it, getting arrested is the very least she can do. “We need to put our bodies on the line,” the 32-year-old Unity woman said, just before being led into a police van for the short ride to jail. “We don’t want another Lac-Megantic.” And there, in one simple […]
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Mainer flees Egypt after week of deadly protests, clashes; forced to leave behind new husband
BANGOR — Maine native Ellen Umphrey fled Egypt this week, forced to leave her husband of just two months behind, amid a wave of violence and uncertainty in a country with a fledgling democracy that many Egyptians believe has failed to take root. The now-23-year-old John Bapst Memorial High School graduate arrived in Cairo in […]
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Manning sentenced to 35 years for leaks
A military judge on Wednesday sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison, bringing to a close the government’s determined pursuit of the Army intelligence analyst who leaked the largest cache of classified documents in U.S. history. The long prison term is likely to hearten national security officials who have been rattled by the […]
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Egypt: Death toll in Cairo clashes rises to 72
CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from weekend clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted president and security forces backed by armed civilians in Cairo has risen to 72, the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the army deposed the Islamist Mohammed Morsi in a July 3 coup, a health ministry official said on Sunday. Khaled […]
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Clashes with security near pro-Morsi rally in Cairo leave at least 38 dead
CAIRO (AP) — Overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in east Cairo left at least 38 protesters dead on Saturday, a doctor at the demonstrators’ field hospital said. They followed a day of massive pro-military rallies backing a tough hand against Morsi’s backers and the Muslim Brotherhood group […]
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Egypt erupts with protests demanding Morsi ouster
CAIRO — Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2½ years of turmoil. In a sign of the […]