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Forecaster Sports

Northern: October arrives and the postseason nears

by Michael Hoffer October 3, 2023

Saturday’s golf state match begins the most exciting time of the year.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote

by LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press October 3, 2023October 4, 2023

McCarthy told lawmakers he would not run again for speaker, and next steps are highly uncertain as there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Maine

Novel based on Malaga Island’s history is a finalist for National Book Award

by Megan Gray October 3, 2023October 5, 2023

‘This Other Eden’ by Paul Harding tells a fictional story based on the real-life atrocity of the state forcibly removing a mixed-race community from the island off the coast of Phippsburg.

Nation & World

Trump turns fraud trial into campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on legal woes

by JILL COLVIN Associated Press October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

He returned to New York for a civil fraud trial accusing him of grossly inflating the value of his businesses.

Nation & World

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges after plea deal collapses

by LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CLAUDIA LAUER and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

In Congress, House Republicans are seeking to link Hunter Biden’s dealings to his father through an impeachment inquiry, but no evidence has emerged so far to prove that Joe Biden ever abused his role or accepted bribes.

Times Record Opinion

Dick Polman: What the debating Republicans forgot to mention

by Dick Polman Guest column October 3, 2023October 2, 2023

These Republican presidential squabble-debates are so worthless, so utterly devoid of value, that they make three-dollar bills look like Bob Menendez’s gold bars. How is it possible for these B-team blowhards to yammer on for two interminable hours without once mentioning that the cult’s AWOL authoritarian, Donald Trump, recently pined for the execution of the […]

Times Record Opinion

Michael Reagan: Fox Business loses the GOP’s second debate

by Michael Reagan Guest column October 3, 2023October 2, 2023

From the first dumb question to the abrupt ending that caught everyone by surprise, the GOP presidential primary debate produced by the Fox Business channel was a total disaster. I know. I was there Wednesday night – in Row 5 of the Air Force One pavilion in the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. […]