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PublishedJune 17, 2021
Gun-waving St. Louis couple plead guilty to misdemeanors
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters who marched past their mansion, also agreed to give up their weapons.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.
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PublishedJune 15, 2021
U.S. Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill last week designating Juneteenth a paid state holiday.
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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Juneteenth is declared an official state holiday in Maine
Maine joins a growing list of states to make June 19 an official holiday, although the closure of Maine state offices won't start until next year.
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PublishedJune 11, 2021
Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests
The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
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PublishedJune 5, 2021
Runners in Portland champion social justice on Breonna Taylor’s birthday
Killed in a no-knock police raid in March 2020, the Louisville, Ky., woman inspired a nationwide wave of activism.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Chauvin makes appearance on federal charges in Floyd’s death
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder ippears in court for allegedly violating Floyd's civil rights.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Westbrook jeweler has designs on greater good
In his work, Ebenezer Akakpo strives to make connections between his home country of Ghana and his new home in Maine and to help others at the same time.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.
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PublishedMay 29, 2021
How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered
Even this year, with the 100th anniversary being recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many.
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