Norman Huynh will study and travel in Germany for three weeks.
2015
Gang’s suspected Portland drug lord indicted
A grand jury indicts 48 suspects allegedly affiliated with Boston’s most-feared gang.
House revives Obama’s trade agenda, but Senate vote awaits
The bill needs help from about a dozen Democrats, who want assurance that Congress also will renew federal aid for workers displaced by international trade.
Applications for U.S. jobless aid fall to nearly 15-year low
The trend indicates that employers are confident enough in future consumer demand to retain their workforces.
Court: Bath salts dealer can’t be convicted without knowing substance was illegal
The justices overturned the conviction of Stephen McFadden, a New York City man who who supplied bath salts to a store in Charlottesville, Virginia.
SP edges Portland in memorable Western A Final
STANDISH—The old adage about baseball being a game of inches never rang more true than Wednesday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond on the campus of St. Joseph’s College in the Western Class A Final. For the top-ranked Portland Bulldogs, who have enjoyed comeback magic all spring, another in a line of unthinkable victories appeared imminent when […]
Scarborough Town Council cuts $500K from school budget, sets June 24 hearing
SCARBOROUGH — Town councilors believe they’ve found a compromise that will both reduce the tax burden and preserve services and programs in the fiscal year 2016 school budget. By a unanimous vote Wednesday, councilors approved the first reading of a $43.3 million school budget, with a $38.3 million request for property tax revenue. The budget is […]
Investigators say suspect in Charleston massacre declared hatred for blacks
Police capture Dylann Storm Roof, 21, who displayed flags of white-ruled regimes and spent an hour in the historic black church before shooting nine people to death.
Consumers shelling out more for lobsters because supply is low
A boom in catch likely will bring prices down after the crustaceans molt in mid-July.
U.S. Treasury says woman will be picked for $10 bill
The bill will have new security features and will be unveiled in 2020, the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.