WASHINGTON — A pair of senators from President Donald Trump’s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with itself. Jeff Flake of Arizona declared he would not be “complicit” with Trump and announced his surprise retirement, while Bob Corker of Tennessee […]
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Backers of ranked voting say they’ll fight lawmakers’ delay
AUGUSTA — Supporters of Maine’s new ranked-choice voting law vowed Tuesday to fight a bill approved by lawmakers to delay, and possibly repeal, the voter-approved system. Maine last year became the first state in the nation to approve statewide ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to rank candidates from first to last rather than voting for […]
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Tigers fall short in South final
SACO — Heading into the 2017 field hockey season, Westbrook was one of the teams everyone was pointing to as a favorite to bring home a state championship, while the Biddeford Tigers were looked at as an up-and-coming team that might be a year away from their own title run. That turned out to be […]
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Rams grind out win over Red Riots in quarters
KENNEBUNK — After a scoreless first half, the No. 2 Kennebunk girls soccer team would get a goal early in the second form Lydia Howarth to top visiting No. 7 South Portland 1-0 in the Class A South quarterfinals on Tuesday. The two teams had another tight battle earlier in the season which resulted in […]
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Tatum, Brown lead Celtics past Knicks
BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 110-89 on Tuesday night. Kyrie Irving added 20 points and seven assists. Al Horford finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds. After dropping their first two games to open the season, the Celtics have won […]
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Kershaw, Dodgers beat Astros in hot World Series opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — No sweat, Clayton Kershaw. Changing jerseys to beat the 103-degree heat, the Dodgers ace with a checkered playoff history delivered a signature performance, pitching Los Angeles past the Houston Astros 3-1 Tuesday night in the World Series opener. Boosted by Justin Turner’s tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Dallas […]
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LeBron plays point, scores 34 as Cavs beat Bulls
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ lineups are changing daily. Their defense is a mess, their slow starts are puzzling and the starting point guard is hurt. Cleveland’s got some problems. LeBron James minimizes them all. Making a rare start at point guard, James scored 34 points as the Cavs, using another early season lineup, awakened after […]
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Lynch’s appeal of 1-game suspension denied
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Marshawn Lynch’s appeal of his one-game suspension for shoving an official was denied Tuesday and the running back will miss Oakland’s game this week at Buffalo. Appeals officer James Thrash, who was appointed jointly by the league and the NFLPA, upheld the one-game ban without pay. Lynch will not be allowed to […]
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Truex’s team heads on through adversity in NASCAR playoffs
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — There have been soaring highs at the track for Martin Truex Jr. and his Furniture Row Racing team this season, a series-leading seven victories and a spot in the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs. The crushing lows have come away from it. There was the news this summer that Truex’s […]
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Writer rallies community to fix soldier’s grave spelling
STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — A Maine writer has rallied a community to help fix a spelling error she saw on the gravestone of a soldier stationed in Maine in the 1800s. Children’s book author Angeli Perrow says she was doing research for a book and found out about Sgt. Leopold Hegyi, an ordinance sergeant who was the […]