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Posted inNation / World, News
Gaza hospital ‘completely empty’ after Israeli order in Khan Younis
The scramble to evacuate the hospital began Monday when Israel issued evacuation orders for eastern parts of Khan Younis.
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Posted inNation / World
Hurricane Beryl churns toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean
The storm will be weaker when it reaches the Mexican coast.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending
The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a hub that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide how to spend opioid settlement funds.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
Rep. Golden’s op-ed sends political shockwaves, but also fits campaign style
Golden, who needs support from Trump voters in November, predicted Donald Trump will win the presidency against incumbent President Biden, and said he can work with that.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Six people share views on Independence Day, freedom and state of the nation
The holiday and political climate on the minds of some.
Posted inNation / World, News
She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.
Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
Posted inNation / World, News
Texas judge blocks move to close migrant shelter; calls Attorney General’s actions ‘outrageous’
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded earlier this year that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters serving migrants and refugees, turn over records showing the names of those it housed.
Posted inNews
Livermore Select Board sells truck, backhoe to highest bidders
A 2010 International plow/dump truck will go to West Paris.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
MDOT to close Lincoln Street bridge in Lewiston for repairs July 10-12
The Gully Brook Bridge on Lincoln Street will close July 10-12 for repairs, according to Maine Department of Transportation.