August 2024 – Page 113 – The Portland Press Herald

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

‘Law and Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay helped solve thousands of real-life rape cases

by Malia Mendez Tribune News Service August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

In recent years, she’s also played a critical role in helping to eliminate the national rape kit backlog.

Health, Nation & World, News

Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

by RUTH ALONGA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.

Election 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics

Strategist who ran DeSantis’ ill-fated bid working with Musk to help organize voters for Trump

by THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

Donald Trump’s campaign is largely leaving paid canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts to outside groups like America PAC, funded in part by Elon Musk.

Cops & Courts, Maine, News

Bangor man convicted of sexually assaulting child dies in state prison

by Katie Langley August 17, 2024

His cause of death was not immediately released by the Department of Corrections.

Maine, News

Harpswell boater dies after being struck by propeller

by Katie Langley August 17, 2024

The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the death of 23-year-old Samuel Sharpe.

Nation & World, New England, News

Hundreds of miles away, Ernesto still affects U.S. beaches with rip currents, house collapse

by SUSAN HAIGH and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

The storm’s high surf and swells contributed to damage along the coast, including the collapse of an unoccupied beach house along North Carolina’s narrow barrier islands.