2023 – Page 998 – The Portland Press Herald

Texas Attorney General Paxton pleads not guilty as historic impeachment trial begins

by Eva Ruth Moravec and Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Washington Post September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

Accused of bribery, unfitness for office and years of abuse of public trust, he will have his fate decided by fellow Republicans in the state Senate.

Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine

Local roundup: Brunswick boys soccer tops Lewiston

by Times Record staff report September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

Junior Beyoko scores both goals for Dragons.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Alabama congressional map struck down again for diluting Black voting power

by Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

The federal judges said in the order that they are ‘deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires.’

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Design approved for memorial to victims and survivors of 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

by RIO YAMAT Associated Press September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

Fifty-eight people were killed when gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on concertgoers.

Business, Maine, Nation & World

America’s small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes

by By TRISHA AHMED and JIM SALTER Associated Press September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

The United States is in the midst of an officer shortage that many blame on the two-fold morale hit of 2020 – the coronavirus pandemic and criticism of police that boiled over following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer.