In A.D. 37, Roman emperor Tiberius died; he was succeeded by Caligula. In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines, where Magellan was killed during a battle with natives the following month. In 1751, James Madison, fourth president of the United States, was born in Port Conway, Virginia. In 1802, President […]
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‘Stress test’ may have been factor in bridge collapse that killed 6
MIAMI An innovative pedestrian bridge being built at Florida International University was put to a “stress test” before it collapsed over traffic, killing six people and sending 10 to a hospital, authorities said. As state and federal investigators worked to determine how and why the five-day-old span failed on Thursday, one factor may have been […]
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Russia will expel British diplomats in poisoning standoff
MOSCOW Russia will expel British diplomats in a worsening global standoff over a nerve agent attack on an ex-spy — but still isn’t saying when or how many. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today also accused Britain of violating international law and said Britain’s defense minister “lacks education.” Geopolitical tensions are mounting since the poisoning […]
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Desperate to stop party’s path, Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge
MANCHESTER, N.H. Jeff Flake has a direct message for the Republicans of New Hampshire: Someone needs to stop Donald Trump. And Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, may stand up against the Republican president in 2020 — either as a Republican or an independent — if no one else does. “It’s not in my plan […]
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At fundraising event, President Trump owns up to making things up
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has owned up to making things up. For a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump was by his own admission unprepared — deficient in the fundamentals of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship that he’d been railing about since the campaign. He insisted to Trudeau that the U.S. was running a […]
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Some churches drop ‘Baptist’ from names to gain new members
COLUMBUS, OHIO The Rev. Dan Brown is one of several Baptist pastors leading his congregation to change the church’s name in hopes of bringing more people through the doors. Though First Baptist Church of Sunbury will stay Baptist in doctrine, the denomination will no longer be part of the church’s name. As of March 25, […]
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Living the Word
“The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.” Proverbs 19:21 Fitting In I few years ago I purchased a new sofa and rug. The old sofa, which was too small for my rather large living room, now fits in perfectly in my grandson’s small, […]
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Young Catholics to present Living Stations of the Cross
Members of Midcoast youth ministry and Catholic school students will present Living Stations of the Cross in the lead up to Easter Sunday on April 1. The Stations of the Cross began as the practice of pious pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem to retrace the final journey of Jesus Christ to Calvary. They have been prayed […]
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Dana R. Richardson Jr.
BATH — Dana R. Richardson Jr., 58, of Bath, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home with his family at his side on March 14, 2018. His wish was to stay at home and be cared for by his wife, Nancy, who made that possible by taking a leave of absence for him. […]
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Prison death in Idaho highlights challenges of assigning cellmates
BOISE, Idaho Glenn Cox went before the parole board with a plan and a bandage on his forehead. He had already been accepted into a live-in substance abuse treatment center. For the first time in a long time, he was hopeful about the future. And the bandage? He’d slipped on a freshly mopped prison bathroom […]