BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police are investigating after a school police officer was caught on video hitting and kicking a young man inside a city school. City police spokesman T.J. Smith said in a statement released Wednesday that city police will handle the criminal investigation at school police acting chief Akil Hamm’s request. The two […]
2016
Residents returning to NY homes after evacuation
RIPLEY, N.Y. (AP) — About 100 people forced to evacuate their western New York homes because of a freight train derailment are being allowed to return to their houses. Officials in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley say residents of about 50 evacuated homes started returning around 5 a.m. today, more than 30 hours after […]
Student may be deported after alleged Trump threat
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — A student from Egypt is facing deportation after being investigated by federal agents for posting on his Facebook page that he was willing to kill Donald Trump and the world would thank him. Attorney Hani Bushra says 23- year-old Emadeldin Elsayed was arrested by immigration authorities last month at the Los […]
Man wanted in 1996 killing arrested in New Jersey
NEWARK, N. J. ( AP) — A 38- year-old man accused of beating another man to death nearly two decades ago at a disco in Poland has been arrested in New Jersey. Federal prosecutors say Rafal Kaldon was taken into custody Wednesday morning and charged with being a fugitive from a foreign country. He faces […]
Australian cardinal didn’t act quickly on pedophile claim
CANBERRA, Australia A senior Vatican official told an Australian sex abuse inquiry today that he did not immediately act when a boy raised abuse allegations against a cleric in the 1970s and should have done more. But Australian Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ top financial adviser, denied allegations that he angrily dismissed an allegation against […]
Lydia Caputi back home
BRUNSWICK Most young men and women attend high school in their hometown, then after graduating may head away to college to start the next chapter in their young lives. Brunswick native Lydia Caputi did the polar opposite. On Friday, Lydia, a sophomore, will be on the court when her Bowdoin College women’s basketball team faces […]
Celtics thump ’Blazers
BOSTON Teams have found it nearly impossible to beat the Celtics on their home floor the last two months. You can add one of the Western Conference’s hottest road teams to that list. Isaiah Thomas had 30 points to lead Boston to its fourth straight win, 116-93 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. […]
Long Reach swims off to states
BATH — The three-day Maine YMCA State Swimming Championships is scheduled to take place beginning Friday at the University of Maine in Orono. This is the 52nd annual YMCA state meet. Long Reach Swim Club is looking to make it 26 straight state titles, with Down East Family YMCA of Ellsworth among the 15 other […]
Spurs roll; Thunder downed
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Detroit Pistons 97-81 on Wednesday night to clinch their 19th straight playoff berth. San Antonio (51-9) won its 29th straight home game to open the season in its first game following a month-long road […]