Summer Zervos, a former “Apprentice” contestant, filed the defamation lawsuit after he denied her allegations that he sexually assaulted her and called the women who have accused him of assault liars.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Ship’s anchor may have caused California oil spill
One environmental group decried a lack of initial coordination among the Coast Guard and local officials in dealing with the spreading oil slick.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Doctors nationwide growing frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation
Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Meetings: Oct. 6-13
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Wed. 10/6 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Board Wed. 10/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board Wed. 10/6 6 p.m. Charter Commission Education Committee Thur. 10/7 5 p.m. Finance Committee Thur. 10/7 5 p.m. Parks Commission Tues. 10/12 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Committee Tues. 10/12 […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Cannabis lounges coming to Nevada
Nevada is now the seventh state to allow marijuana consumption in licensed public places.
Posted inNation & World
Here are the key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation
An investigation by journalists exposes the shielding of major assets from governments, creditors and those abused or exploited by the wealthy and powerful.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Maine Cannabis Report
Troubling trend for marijuana edibles: More dogs getting stoned on neighborhood walks
While the problem isn’t new, the ASPCA says it’s growing as more states legalize cannabis, causing serious health issues for pets.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Cruises are back, but they may not see prepandemic passenger numbers until 2023
The industry saw 28.5 million passengers worldwide in 2018 and 29.7 million in 2019, but dropped off to just 5.8 million in 2020, an 81% decrease.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden tells Republicans to ‘get out of the way’ of raising U.S. debt ceiling
The White House says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is needlessly posing a threat to the international credit of the federal government, potentially hurting financial markets and the broader economy.