A new report from the Partnership for a New American Economy says that immigrant-owned businesses generated $61 million in 2014 while employing more than 14,500 people.
August 2016
Posted inNation & World
High court curtails Virginia transgender teen’s restroom choice
An ACLU lawyer says the ruling will leave Gavin Grimm ‘stigmatized and isolated.’
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Posted inNation & World, News
Ahmed H. Zewail, chemist who won Nobel, dies at 70
He received the prize in 1999 for work that used lasers to probe the intricacies of chemical reactions as they occurred step by step.
Posted inNation & World
Passengers safe but firefighter killed as Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai
Malfunctioning landing gear may have been the cause of the crash.
Posted inNews, Politics
Trump’s claim of ‘rigging’ challenges U.S. democratic system
The Republican presidential candidate expresses concern after courts reject tough voter ID rules in several states.
Posted inNation & World
Hurricane Earl brushes Honduras, aims for Belize
It threatens to bring heavy rains, flooding and high winds to Mexico as well.
Posted inLife & Culture
JonBenet’s brother to discuss her death on ‘Dr. Phil’ show
The interview is set to air over three programs, beginning Sept. 12.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Harry Connick Jr. to launch daytime show
‘I felt like this would be an opportunity to do all the things I love to do under one roof,’ he says.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Reward offered in burglary that netted 22 firearms in Newport
Federal, state and local police are investigating a break-in at a pawn shop.
Posted inMaine, News
Search resumes for Hollis Center man presumed dead after fall from pontoon boat on Long Lake
The Maine Warden Service says the man, 19, was riding in the front of a boat rented by his family and a family from Texas.