Some conservatives object to the two measures promised to Sen. Susan Collins by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in return for her support for the tax bill.
2017
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine, Winter sports
Tuesday’s girls’ roundup: Cheverus holds off Bonny Eagle
After trailing at halftime, the Stags take a six-point lead into the final period and win, 47-44.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Tuesday’s college roundup: Duke women crunch UMaine, 69-39
The Black Bears get no points from their bench in losing to the 14th-ranked Blue Devils.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Artists Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen win inaugural Ellis-Beauregard Foundation fellowship
They will create a site-specific work at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland in 2018.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. says North Korea was behind May’s ransomware attack
Thousands of computers worldwide were infected and impaired Britain’s National Health Service.
Posted inLife & Culture
Study indicates wealthy people find happiness focusing on self
Poor people, meanwhile, have to struggle to get by and derive satisfaction from connecting to others.
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Bruins shut out Sabres
Anton Khudobin stops 36 shots to earned his first shutout of the season in Boston’s 3-0 win over Buffalo.
Posted inNation & World
China urges the U.S. to accept its ascendancy
The Chinese Embassy released a statement pushing for the U.S. government to abandon ‘old thinking.’
Posted inNation & World
Central Idaho named nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve
The lack of light pollution makes night skies so clear, interstellar dust clouds can be seen in the Milky Way.
Posted inNation & World
Saudis shoot down missile fired by rebels in Yemen
The rebels say they were targeting a Saudi leadership meeting at Yamama Palace.