JERUSALEM Israeli police questioned Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country’s telecom giant today, casting a shadow on the prime minister’s upcoming visit to Washington. Police investigators entered Netanyahu’s residence this morning. An Associated Press cameraman saw them leave about five hours later. Reports said […]
2018
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Gunshot at Georgia school ignites debate on arming teachers
ATLANTA Police say they don’t know why a popular teacher allegedly fired a handgun inside his classroom, causing a chaotic lockdown and evacuation of his Georgia high school. But it immediately pierced the national debate over whether educators should be armed. As officers arrested Dalton High School social studies teacher Jesse Randal Davidson, his students […]
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Trump’s stance on gun legislation a struggle for Congress, NRA
WASHINGTON Action on gun legislation has skidded to a halt in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump’s stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next. Republicans squirmed over Trump’s call for stricter gun laws […]
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Trump to impose tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum
WASHINGTON Determined to protect vital American industries, President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, dramatically raising the possibility of a trade showdown with China and other key trading partners. Trump summoned steel and aluminum executives to the White House and told them that next week he would […]
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Tourney time for Polar Bears
BRUNSWICK The regular season and conference tournaments have come to an end in women’s college basketball, and Bowdoin College is set to host the opening two rounds of an NCAA Division III Tournament regional. After falling on the road against New Paltz State last year in the opening round, the Polar Bears, the fifth-ranked team […]
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Shipbuilders sail away to win, 86-77
WOOLWICH As the playoffs approach, the Morse High School Unified basketball team thinks they have a chance to compete. Thursday they took a positive step towards the playoffs with an 86-77 victory over Leavitt at Woolwich Central School. The Shipbuilders, in their first year of Unified competition, got 16 points from Keegan Companion and 14 […]
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Oosthuizen leads in Mexico
MEXICO CITY Two of the European Tour’s hottest players brought their best golf to their first World Golf Championship. Louis Oosthuizen, a world-class player for the better part of a decade, drilled a long iron into 4 feet for eagle on the par-5 15th and had birdies on two of the short par 4s at […]
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Bowdoin women’s hockey into semis
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team will take on top-seeded Middlebury in the NESCAC semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Fifth-seeded Bowdoin faces No. 1 Middlebury at 1 p.m. in the first semifinal game, while No. 3 Amherst takes on No. 2 Connecticut College in the second semifinal at 4 p.m. at Chip Kenyon Arena. […]
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‘March Brown Madness II’ is back!
BRUNSWICK The Merrymeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited is excited to host its second annual Cabin Fever Reliever — March Brown Madness II! On Saturday, from 8:30 a.m.-noon at Coastal Enterprises, Inc., at 30 Federal Street, the chapter will present its own brand of cabin fever relief, “March Brown” Madness II, this year with Bill […]
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Greely sweeps Class A
PORTLAND Both the boys and girls basketball teams from Greely came away with victories over Hampden Academy in the Class A State Championship Thursday night at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. A free throw by Shane DeWolfe with 5.5 seconds left gave the Rangers a 47-46 victory,. Zach Brown led Greely with 16 points, and […]