The chairman says threatened and endangered species would go extinct without the anti-poaching programs funded in part by the fees wealthy Americans pay to shoot some of them.
2018
Posted inLife & Culture
Vatican alters photo of retired Pope Benedict’s letter
The Vatican admits it blurred two lines where Benedict says he didn’t actually read the books about Francis he praised.
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Posted inLife & Culture
For Hawking, atheism was not a theory
The British theoretical physicist who died this week believed that there was no need for a creator.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Industry, landowners oppose LePage bill to gut wind power permitting process
The LePage administration wants to eliminate the controversial, streamlined permitting process that has drawn more wind energy projects to Maine than the rest of New England combined.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Money pours in to local Democratic committee after Republican insults Parkland students
As of Friday, more than $130,000 had been raised for the Lewiston Democratic Committee, which launched the fundraising effort to oppose Leslie Gibson, who subsequently dropped out of the race.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine House candidate who attacked 2 survivors of Florida shooting drops out of race
Leslie Gibson had been under fire since making online comments calling one of the teenagers a ‘skinhead lesbian’ and another a liar.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Photos: Highlights from Portland’s St. Patricks Day Parade
Hibernians marched on Commercial Street Saturday afternoon to praise Ireland’s best-known saint.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump critic Sen. Jeff Flake doesn’t rule out a White House run
The senator, who will retire after one term, visits New Hampshire.
Posted inLife & Culture
Former ballerina trains to become Lara Croft
Alicia Vikander spent seven months working with a Swedish trainer and nutritionist.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Federal judge upholds dermatologist’s conviction
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects the appeal of Joel Sabean, a once-prominent local doctor, in a case shrouded in sexual allegations and financial misdeeds.