Nation & World
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help
Threats to election offices that have been an alarming consequence of Trump's false claims about his 2020 loss loom as a perilous wildcard for the thousands of local government workers who will oversee the election this fall.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Biden marks Earth Day with $7 billion in federal solar power grants
The 60 funded recipients, including the Maine Governor's Energy Office, will serve 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
TikTok digs in to fight U.S. ban with 170 million users at stake
The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday put legislation requiring ByteDance to divest its ownership stake in TikTok on a fast track to become law.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Supreme Court will take up the fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
At issue is a federal regulation that changed the definition of a firearm to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Biden moves to shield patients’ abortion records from Republican threats
Health officials said rules would protect the privacy of women seeking abortions from Republican prosecutors who have threatened to crack down on the procedure.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Centuries-old bottles of cherries unearthed at George Washington’s home
Two bottles of cherries, buried for about 250 years, have been found at Mount Vernon.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over Oct. 7 failure
Aharon Haliva, head of military intelligence, handed in his resignation. He’s the first senior Israeli official to step down over the assault by Hamas.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Trump tried to corrupt 2016 election, prosecutors allege as election interference trial starts
Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and could face four years in prison if convicted, though it’s not clear if the judge would seek to put him behind bars.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
With homelessness on the rise, Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors
In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Daniel Dennett, atheist philosopher guided by science, dies at 82
A Boston native, he was a resident of Cape Elizabeth at the time of his death.
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