Portland Press Herald
- Missing student’s dad wants public’s help, not sympathy, as police track her activities
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 08:58 PMAs the search for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts continues, her father is pleading for anyone who might have information on her whereabouts – no matter how “remotely out of the ordinary” it may be – to come forward.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Report: Marines lead all services in binge drinking
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 09:50 PMSAN DIEGO — A new report from the Rand Corp. analyzed survey data from thousands of active-duty military members and found Marines are more likely to be heavy drinkers, use tobacco and engage in riskier sexual behavior than the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the other branches.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Tax cut for wealthiest Americans considered
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 10:05 PMWASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is considering a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans through a change that would not need approval from Congress, officials said, a move that would follow a package of tax cuts last year that also benefited the super-rich.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Fisherman lands lively 400-pound shark off Rhode Island coast
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 11:00 PMBOSTON — No, this is not Sharknado. Great white sharks have had run-ins with New England boats this week. Fisherman Michael Lorello was very surprised when he dragged up a net off the coast of Rhode Island.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- North Korea working on new missiles, U.S. spy agencies say
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 04:00 AMU.S. spy agencies are seeing signs that North Korea is constructing new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to officials familiar with the intelligence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘M.A.S.H.’ star Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson’s disease
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 09:39 AMNEW YORK — Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson’s disease.
Appearing Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” the former “M.A.S.H.” star said he was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disorder three and a half years ago.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - E. coli in lake water shuts down a second beach in Bridgton
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Philanthropic Canadian family killed in Greenville plane crash
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 11:32 AMMembers of Canadian family known for its philanthropy and support of the arts in the Niagara region of Ontario were killed Monday in a Greenville plane crash, the cause of which is still being investigated.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Police saying little about death of inmate after 5 weeks
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 01:38 PMThe state has yet to release many details on the death more than five weeks ago of a 28-year-old man who was being held at the prison farm in Warren.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- After 3 no-confidence votes, Central Maine Healthcare says it will ‘carefully consider’ medical staff’s message
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 02:56 PMLEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare CEO Jeff Brickman and board chairwoman Deborah Dunlap Avasthi issued a joint statement Tuesday, a day after medical staff at Central Maine Medical Center became the third group to vote no confidence in Brickman.
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- Two defendants sentenced for beating Augusta man to death over heroin in 2015
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 09:14 PMAUGUSTA — The final two defendants were sentenced Monday for the drug-related beating death of an Augusta man in 2015, with the state’s attorney saying the sentences reflected the defendants’ early cooperation in the investigation and their acceptance of responsibility.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- FEMA official accused of ‘systemic’ sexual harassment
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 10:01 PMCorey Coleman, who resigned June 18, hired fraternity brothers and women he met at bars, investigators say.
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The personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency – who resigned just weeks ago – is under investigation after being accused of creating an atmosphere of widespread sexual harassment over years in which women were hired as possible sexual partners for male employees, the agency’s leader said Monday. - States suing Trump administration for allowing 3D-printed gun blueprints online
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 10:53 PMEight states are filing suit against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Central Maine Medical Center staff votes no confidence in parent company’s CEO
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 11:09 PMLEWISTON — The medical staffs at all three Central Maine Healthcare hospitals have now said they have no confidence in CEO Jeff Brickman.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says Koch brothers are ‘a total joke’ in Republican party
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 07:32 AMWASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the Koch brothers, tweeting that the billionaire industrialists are a “total joke in real Republican circles” and that he is “a puppet for no one.”
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It’s the latest salvo between the president and Charles and David Koch, who did not endorse Trump in his 2016 presidential bid and have lashed out at Trump’s spending plans and trade policies. - As trial opens, prosecution says Manafort lied to evade millions in taxes
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:13 AMALEXANDRIA, Va. — President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort went on trial Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, where prosecutors charged that his personal fortune was propped up by years of lies to tax authorities and banks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump officials must stop giving migrant children psychotropic drugs without consent, judge rules
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 11:20 AMA federal judge on Monday found that U.S. government officials have been giving psychotropic medication to migrant children at a Texas facility without first seeking the consent of their parents or guardians, in violation of state child welfare laws.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook uncovers disinformation operation ahead of midterm elections
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 12:41 PMFacebook has shut down a sophisticated disinformation operation on its platform that engaged in divisive messaging ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, the company said Tuesday, an escalation of what a top executive described as an “arms race” to manipulate the public using its tools.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Before it sells State Street site, Mercy Hospital wants to know how the buyer would use it
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Central Maine Business Breakfast Forum: Hiring and Retaining the Best Talent
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 04:02 PMWith historically low unemployment rates in the state, many types of business have not only had trouble finding new employees, but keeping them as well. Kennebec Journal and centralmaine.com reporter Jessica Lowell will moderate a panel of local experts who will share advice, solutions, and forecasts for what Maine’s labor future holds.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Portland considers fee increase up to 400% for owners of short-term rental properties
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 09:05 PMMaine’s largest city is considering a significant increase in the fees charged to property owners who offer short-term rentals through services such as Airbnb.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prosecutor: Minneapolis officers will face no charges in black man’s death
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 10:04 PMMINNEAPOLIS — Two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man last month were justified in using deadly force, a prosecutor announced Monday, saying the man was fleeing police and turned toward them with a loaded gun before he was shot.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- In Parkland, football season comes with heavy hearts
Monday - 07/30/2018 - 10:14 PMPARKLAND, Fla. — The first practice of the new season was over, and the only sound on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was dozens of football players screaming in delight.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mainers’ wacky act to appear Thursday on ‘The Gong Show’
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pit bull left to drown in cage at water’s edge in New Jersey
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 06:30 AMHIGHLANDS, N.J. — Authorities are trying to find the person who left a young pit bull to drown in a cage at water’s edge in a rising tide.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Get ready to sweat: Very humid weather continues into next week
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:46 AMJuly was a very humid month, even by summer standards. In Portland, the dew point rose above 70 degrees (when it feels oppressive) 11 times. The very humid weather pattern we are in has some staying power.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After just 2 years, Portland’s incubator for food start-ups is closing shop
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 11:17 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Family of Portland man who died from stab wound disputes police finding that it wasn’t a crime
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Despite subsidy, two wood-fired power plants offline for months
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 01:54 PMTwo troubled Maine power plants that make electricity from wood have produced no power in the past four months, a financial hit to their owner, Stored Solar LLC, and an unwelcome development for the forest products industry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State suspends license of Sanford day care, citing investigation
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 04:28 PMThe Department of Health and Human Services has suspended the license of a Sanford day care while it is under investigation, but the owner says she closed the business because she is retiring.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share