Some demonstrators say they are resorting to violence because the government has not responded to their peaceful demonstrations.
2019
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary
The former Illinois congressman, who has soured on President Trump since voting for him in 2016, said Sunday ‘there needs to be an alternative’ to him.
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Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
North Korea tests new ‘super-large’ rocket launcher
Leader Kim Jong Un, who supervised Saturday’s firing, calls it ‘indeed a great weapon.’
Posted inJournal Tribune
Holt homers in 9th to lift Red Sox to 5-4 win vs Padres
SAN DIEGO — Brock Holt liked the first pitch he saw from All-Star closer Kirby Yates so much that he hit it out of the ballpark. Holt’s homer on the first pitch of the ninth inning lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 victory against the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. The defending […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Bail hearing set for Auburn man charged in fatal Walmart shooting
AUBURN — A judge is expected to hear arguments next month about whether a local man charged with murder in a shooting in the Walmart parking lot this month should be allowed bail. Gage Dalphonse, 21, is charged with intentional or knowing murder in the killing of Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner. At the initial appearance of Dalphonse […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maulian Dana: Many still silenced after women got the vote
Native Americans in Maine did not achieve full suffrage rights as citizens for many years after the right to vote was extended to women in 1920.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, according to the Supreme Court. It is the fourth time that the 86-year-old justice has announced that she has been treated for cancer over the last two decades […]
Posted inDo This, Out & About
Pick of the week: Fall events in southern Maine
The best things happening every week.
Posted inMaine
Elks and their ilk must draw millennials or face extinction
Graying organizations like the Portland Elks, with an average age of 74, hope to link young people to old-school service.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.