January 3, 2016 – Page 4 – The Portland Press Herald

Saudis cut ties with Iran following Shiite cleric execution

by The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 3, 2016

Protesters torch the Saudi embassy in Tehran and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns Saudi Arabia of ‘divine revenge.’

by The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 3, 2016

At least seven troops and four gunmen have been killed in the fighting.

by The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 3, 2016

Burt’s Bees founder and conservationist Roxanne Quimby proposed donating land for the park in 2011.

by The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 3, 2016

Trawlers and trappers participating in the sampling program will be allowed to land and sell several hundred pounds of the shrimp.

by The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 3, 2016

The July attack on a Palestinian home killed a toddler and his parents.

Dispensaries and caregivers are often forced to do business in cash because federal law raises the threat of penalties against banks.

The Pineland Farms trainer and athlete earned a bronze medal in 1992; now he wants to compete this year in Rio de Janeiro.

With the playoffs approaching, New England has a lengthy injury list.

by Tribune News Service January 3, 2016January 2, 2016

A legislator says both her proposal and those to restrict abortions are a waste.

by ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press January 3, 2016January 2, 2016

Those on the front lines, especially in beleaguered Greece, plead for a unified European Union response.