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The condemnation of Denmark

Editor, When I think I’ve seen everything possible coming out of this administration in Washington, I once again recoiled in sheer astonishment when I found out that we are now condemning Denmark because the prime minister there, Mette Frederiksen, expressed the sentiment that the country did not want to sell Greenland to the United States after […]

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York County sex offense conviction thrown out over prosecutor misconduct

AUGUSTA – The state’s highest court Tuesday vacated the conviction of a man accused of misdemeanor sexual touching in 2008, and ordered him retried because a prosecutor’s statements improperly biased the jury. Peter L. Robbins, 43, of Dover, New Hampshire was convicted of unlawful sexual touching and assault, both misdemeanors, during a two-day trial in […]

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Outside money flows into race for Susan Collins’ Senate seat

PORTLAND — Democrats vowed last year to make Republican Sen. Susan Collins pay for her vote confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Republicans declared they would have her back. Neither has forgotten its promises. Money is pouring into Maine’s high-profile Senate race, threatening to upend the state’s reputation for genteel politics and giving way […]