Officers responded around 10 p.m. Saturday following reports of gunfire near an intersection northeast of downtown.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Happy Place,’ ‘The Wager’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
‘We have to default’ on something if Congress fails, Yellen warns
Yellen was pressed on whether the assumption of many market participants that the Treasury would prioritize payments of interest and principal on Treasury securities was accurate.
Displaced Ukrainians flock to Eurovision contest
Britain is hosting the glitzy pan-continental music competition for the first time in 25 years after stepping in to hold it on behalf of last year’s winner, Ukraine.
Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow to make cameo in ‘Fast X’
Paul Walker, who played cop-turned-ally Brian O’Conner in six “Fast & Furious” films, died in 2013 as a passenger in a single-car crash.
Ukraine says it’s retaken territory near eastern city of Bakhmut
Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said Ukrainian forces had stepped up attacks north of the region while denying speculation by Russian military bloggers that the Kyiv forces had achieved ‘defense breakthroughs.’
Reader seeks instructions on how to make and use mustard plasters
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to say thank you for all the times you have helped me out. Do you know the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat?” When I was in my teens, I came down with bronchitis. My mother used to make mustard plasters. Have you ever heard of it? If so, do you […]
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip kill 2 Palestinian militant commanders
A 70-year-old man was killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first fatality inside Israel during the current wave of fighting.
Expel George Santos? Republican leaders aren’t ready to take that step
More than 3 dozen Democratic lawmakers have signed onto a bill from Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., that would expel Santos from the House.
The Maine Idea: Big ideas bloom with flowers
If your taste runs to bold initiatives, then a call by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Winthrop) for a constitutional commission to advance specified policy aims is just what you’re looking for. Hickman’s bill, LD 1824, heard by the Judiciary Committee earlier this week, is nothing if not ambitious. The commission would study sweeping changes to the […]