The suspected shooter is said to have maintained a “shrine” in his bedroom to previous school shootings, including a photo of Nikolas Cruz, the gunman in the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Nation & World
National and world news from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inNation & World
Italy passes anti-surrogacy law that effectively bars gay couples from becoming parents
The West’s most restrictive law against international surrogacy threatens would-be parents who use birth mothers abroad with jail time and severe fines.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
‘Off the charts’: How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies
Companies and governments around the world have begun preparing contingency plans for the potential Trump tariffs.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers
Tech giants Amazon and Google are investing in the next generation of nuclear reactors.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the U.S.?
Many women have paid a price for leaving the workforce at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, either because they lost their jobs or because they quit because of caretaking responsibilities.
Posted inNation & World
Hundreds of troops kicked out under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ get upgraded to honorable discharges
The Pentagon says more than 800 military personnel have seen their service records upgraded.
Posted inNation & World
Small business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds
The situation will delay some much-needed relief for people applying for aid in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Posted inNation & World
50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark
The Viking Age burial ground contains some 50 ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ skeletons.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Sacklers lay out strategy for defending opioid-related lawsuits
If a new settlement deal is not struck, lawsuits against the Sacklers may proceed.
Posted inNation & World
A frozen human foot found on Mount Everest revives a century-old mystery
Remains found on Mount Everest may have belonged to the British climber Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine, who disappeared along with George Mallory in 1924.