Opposition fighters fire on a corridor that had been set aside to allow rebels and residents to leave the besieged eastern part of the city.
November 2016
Posted inPolitics
Paul Ryan says he’ll seek re-election as House speaker
The Republican from Wisconsin dismisses ‘chatter’ that he no longer wants to be speaker.
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Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Concussion sidelines Chiefs running back
Spencer Ware hasn’t been cleared to return for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Pope names successor to Guam archbishop accused of abusing altar boys
Bishop Michael Jude Byrnes, the auxiliary bishop of Detroit, is the new leader of the Guam archdiocese.
Posted inNation & World
Aged, monumental Vermont elm felled
At 250-300 years old and believed to be the largest of its kind in New England, the massive tree died of Dutch elm disease.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College football preview: UMaine vs. Villanova
The Black Bears face the top-ranked defensive team in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Maine man gets 10 years in federal prison for drug, gun offenses
Edwin Hamel, 60, of Milford is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for conspiring to distribute bath salts and being a felon in possession of firearms.
Posted inLife & Culture
Mila Kunis letter takes stand against sexism
The actress condemns a Hollywood producer who threatened her when she refused to pose semi-nude.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Fox News apologizes for false report on Clinton investigation
Bret Baier’s report that the Democratic nominee likely would be indicted and that her email had been hacked by foreign governments could have been a bombshell – but it wasn’t true.
Posted inLife & Culture
Michael Buble’s son undergoing treatment in U.S. for cancer
Buble didn’t say what type of cancer his son has.