By stepping down rather than waiting to be fired, Christopher Wray is trying to avert a collision with the new administration that he said would have further entangled the FBI ‘deeper into the fray.’
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine’s Child Development Services is struggling to pay its contractors on time
After significant turnover in the finance office, Maine’s Department of Education says CDS has experienced ‘widespread’ issues with paying some of its 345 contracted providers on time.
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. Collins undecided after meeting with Trump defense nominee Hegseth
Collins said she pressed Hegseth on allegations of heavy drinking and mistreatment of women, including a rape allegation made in 2017.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
A Brunswick family’s desperate hunt for housing as temperatures drop
James Olson has been searching for housing as his deadline to move out nears, but without much luck.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Mistrial declared in trial of man charged with murder in Edgecomb toddler’s death
Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings said the jury was tainted by outbursts from the girl’s mother and declared a mistrial in the state’s case against Tyler Witham-Jordan in the death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan in 2022.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene
NYPD’s top detective said Luigi Mangione’s motive might have stemmed from an accident that sent him to an emergency room in 2023.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Atmospheric river, bomb cyclone bring weather whiplash to East Coast
A wind and rain storm increasing in intensity throughout the day could cause flooding and power outages in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Alex Jones keeps Infowars for now after judge rejects The Onion’s bid
Families of the Sandy Hook victims had backed The Onion’s bid.
Posted inMaine, News
Skowhegan plow truck hits, injures woman walking in a road
Police Chief David Bucknam said the 31-year-old woman was walking on Madison Avenue wearing dark-colored clothing when a plow on the truck clipped her.
Posted inMaine, News
Tens of thousands without power after wind, rainstorm moves through Maine
More than 60,000 Versant customers and 20,000 CMP customers are in the dark this morning.