Israel’s killings of multiple senior officials in Hamas over recent months left Sinwar as the most prominent figure in the group.
August 2024
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Nobel laureate to head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest
Muhammad Yunus has been hailed for bringing thousands out of poverty through a bank he founded that offered microloans to business owners.
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Washington, Arab states scramble to avert all-out Middle East war
As Israel braces for an Iranian attack, and U.S. officials fume at Netanyahu, it’s unclear how much the government can do to control the spiraling violence.
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Teens escaped from Long Creek by jumping from roof
The breakout from the state’s only youth prison kicked off a 3-day manhunt, and both young males now face multiple charges after police say they stole 3 cars and crashed 2.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Under the big top, Circus Smirkus performers light up the imagination
Circus Smirkus is back in Maine for more than a dozen shows under the big top this summer.
Posted inTimes Record
Award-winning Crystal Spring Farmers Market turns 25
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust plans a special anniversary celebration to round out National Farmers Market Week.
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James C. Scott, scholar of anarchism and resistance to authority, dies at 87
Scott was among the most widely read and influential scholars examining the roots of why and how people challenge the rules.
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U.S. men’s basketball rolls past Brazil to reach Olympic semifinals
Team USA goes on a 21-2 run in the second quarter and easily wins, 122-87.
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Tsung-Dao Lee, who helped overturn ‘law’ of physics, dies at 97
As a teenager in China, he began studying science on his own. Less than 2 decades later, he shared a Nobel Prize for breakthroughs in subatomic physics.
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Portland shooting victim found community in city’s restaurant and bar scene
Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray, was 1 of the 4 people taken to the hospital following the shooting last week. Police investigating her homicide say the 3 other victims are men in their 40s and 50s.