By Lynne Fort and Bill Trotter on Jul 11, 2021 02:18 pm Two days after announcing that a controversial Christopher Columbus ship replica would cease holding tours on the Penobscot River, the town of Bucksport appears to have restarted the event. Read more... »
By Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor on Jul 11, 2021 12:59 pm The fallout from the decision to suspend Amy Fairfield is the latest example of how complex it is for the state’s public defense agency to oversee the private attorneys it hires. Read more... »
By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 11, 2021 10:12 am U.S. officials said Friday they were responding to requests for “security and investigative assistance” by sending a delegation of FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials to Haiti. Read more... »
By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 11, 2021 09:40 am If a new variant surfaces that is resistant to current vaccines, “it would mean rewinding the clock back to 2020 for all of us, even those of us that are vaccinated.” Read more... »
By Bloomberg on Jul 11, 2021 09:26 am The potential trouble is that the new distribution method means some people won’t get the refunds in the spring that they’d otherwise expect. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Jul 11, 2021 09:12 am U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she will lead an effort by top U.S. regulators to assess the potential risk that climate change poses to America's financial system. Read more... »
By Pete Warner on Jul 11, 2021 01:00 am Childhood friends Will Peterson, Nik Hase and Xander Keiter have shared a lot of adventures together growing up in southern Maine. Recently, the men teamed up for an unprecedented challenge when they ran 96 1/2 miles in a span of 34 1/2 hours, through Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness along the Appalachian Trail. Read more... »
By Emily Burnham on Jul 11, 2021 01:00 am Matthew DeHart contends that he was held in federal prison on child pornography charges as a ruse to punish him for his work with hacker group Anonymous, and his attempts to leak CIA documents to Wikileaks. Read more... »
