Police say rocks, a full beverage can and water bottles had been thrown at them, prompting officials to declare the gathering an unlawful assembly.
Allison Busemeyer
Posted inLocal & State
Maine tribe, children’s museum among those getting USDA money
The largest of the seven awards is a $2.7 million loan to Regional Transportation Association of Westbrook to construct a new office building and garage.
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Maine absentee ballot requests already number nearly 120,000
About 60 percent of the requests came from Democrats, the secretary of state’s office says.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Kamala Harris’ mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test
On Monday, she will travel to Milwaukee on her first traditional campaign trip.
Posted inNation & World
Activists insist on changes to policing after death in New York
They say the actions of seven now-suspended Rochester officers show how police are ill-equipped to deal with people suffering from mental illness.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Julia Reed, chronicler of Southern life and food, dies at 59
She wrote an entire book on how to party and dine in New Orleans.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
ABC to air ‘Black Panther’ as tribute to Chadwick Boseman
The film won three Oscars, was nominated for best picture and grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide.
Posted inBusiness
United Airlines will drop $200 U.S. ticket-change fees
The move will pressure American Airlines and Delta Air Lines to drop their change fees, also $200 on domestic travel.
Posted inNation & World
Northern California braces as huge wildfires rage, more lightning is forecast
About 1.3 million acres have burned in August alone, with four more months of potential fire season to go.
Posted inNation & World
California high court tosses Scott Peterson’s death sentence
He was convicted of murder in the slaying of his pregnant wife and their unborn son.