Police say they built the case on video showing Banes in a crosswalk in Manhattan when she was hit by the scooter after its rider ran a red light.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Romance fiction award withdrawn for controversial novel
Karen Witemeyer’s ‘At Love’s Command’ focuses on a veteran who participated in the 1890 massacre of Lakota Indians at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
Meghan McCain makes low-key exit from ‘The View’
ABC has not said who will replace her in the show’s ‘conservative’ chair.
Trey Parker, Matt Stone sign $900 million deal ensuring 14 ‘South Park’ movies
Two of the movies are promised in 2021.
Press Play: Listen to a live version of ‘Vices’ by The Worst
The song originally appeared on the band’s 2017 album ‘Jane Doe Embryo.’
Rockland foundation offers $20,000 award to composers
It’s the third year the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation has offered the commission.
Newman Prize photography contest deadline extended to Aug. 11
Maine Media Workshops administers the annual contest, which recognizes innovation in portraiture.
Maine’s new poet laureate is a small-town librarian who’s written 2 books of poems
Julia Bouwsma is a farmer and director of the Webster Library in Kingfield, and teaches at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Broadway, Hollywood costumes go on exhibit in heart of New York City
‘Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage & Screen’ opens Thursday.
Rihanna is a billionaire now, but not because of her music
At 33, with $1.7 billion, she is the wealthiest female musical artist in the world, and the second-richest woman in entertainment after Oprah.