“Mr. President, stop attacking the press.” As he was dying earlier this year, John McCain wrote an op-ed essay for the Washington Post with that headline. In it, he warned that President Trump’s “unrelenting attacks on the integrity of American journalists and news outlets” were having a deeply damaging effect — not only in this […]
October 2018
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Jets could be without WR Anderson, CB Johnson, C Long
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets will be short-handed in Chicago. Wide receiver Robby Anderson is doubtful for Sunday’s game because of an ankle injury that kept him out of practice all week. Receiver Quincy Enunwa was previously ruled out with a high ankle sprain. That leaves rookie quarterback Sam Darnold without two […]
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Pats’ run game back in spotlight entering Buffalo matchup
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Running the football has been an adventure for the New England Patriots this season. Injuries and inconsistency were issues early on as the Patriots struggled in short yardage and failed to produce a touchdown in the first three games. Jeremy Hill was lost for the year after he suffered a knee injury […]
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Unopposed candidates virtually assured of Nov. 6 victory
YORK COUNTY — Two candidates for the Maine House of Representatives, one York County commissioner and the entire slate of municipal candidates in Sanford are poised to sail to victory Nov. 6. That is because all are unopposed in their bids for election. In Biddeford, former City Councilor Democrat Victoria Foley is unopposed in her […]
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Two vie for Senate District 34 seat
Two experienced politicians run for Maine’s Senate District 34 seat, which includes Acton, Kennebunk, Lebanon, North Berwick, Wells and part of Berwick. The seat is currently held by Republican Ronald Collins of Wells, Republican Robert Foley of Wells, an insurance salesman, former Wells town selectman who is serving his second term as a state representative […]
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Lewiston resident charged with sex trafficking
LEWISTON — Police have charged a 35-year-old Lewiston man with aggravated sex trafficking as a result of their work this summer posing as prospective clients to find out if women were being forced or coerced into prostitution. Police arrested Martin S. Gerding on Wednesday morning. “He is sending women out to solicit sex for his […]
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No. 18 Penn St. starts string of contenders with No. 18 Iowa
No. 17 Penn State will have a say in who plays for the Big Ten championship even if it is unlikely to be the Nittany Lions. No. 18 Iowa (6-1, 3-1) comes to State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday in the first of three straight games for Penn State (5-2, 2-2) against division contenders. The Hawkeyes […]
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Red Sox take commanding 3-1 Series lead over LA
Steve Pearce hit a tying homer in the eighth and a three-run double in the ninth, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit in the seventh inning for a 9-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night and a 3-1 World Series lead. The improbable surge all started with pinch-hitter […]
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Congo hospitals openly jail poor patients
LUBUMBASHI, Congo — The most surprising thing about the fact that Congolese hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that it’s no secret: Administrators, doctors and nurses openly discuss it, and the patients are held in plain sight. An Associated Press investigation found that only one of more than 20 hospitals and […]
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Man arrested trying to steal Magna Carta from UK cathedral
LONDON — A man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral has been arrested after he was wrestled to the ground by cathedral employees, British authorities said Friday. Wiltshire Police said cathedral alarms sounded Thursday afternoon in the southwestern English city when a person armed with a […]