Couy Griffin is one of the few riot defendants who wasn’t accused of entering the Capitol building or engaging in any violent or destructive behavior.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden to announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels
Biden is traveling to Brussels and Poland to press for continued unity among Western allies as Russia presses on with its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
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Posted inLocal & State
Maine governor meets with Montenegro defense chief
The state and Balkan country have a history of cooperation that stretches back 15 years.
Posted inLocal & State
Lyme-carrying ticks are increasing in Midcoast forest, research finds
The ticks were collected from small mammals in Holt Research Forest in Arrowsic to track the prevalence of disease.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Rep. Don Young of Alaska, longest-serving current congressman, dies at 88
During his career, he unapologetically supported earmarks as a way to bring home projects and build up infrastructure in a geographically huge state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Stephen King writes war in Ukraine is about a hero and a villain
Replies on Twitter by King’s fans and critics ran the gamut from agreement, to disagreement, to thinking maybe his take was an oversimplification of a saga rooted in history.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Planned Maine salmon farm closes on land for project in Belfast
Nordic Aquafarms wants to build a $500 million salmon farm in land-based tanks in Belfast.
Posted inNation & World
Treasure hunters: Did FBI destroy video of legendary Civil War gold?
Finders Keepers’ owners, a father-son duo, spent years looking for the fabled 1863 shipment of Union gold that was supposedly lost or stolen on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
Posted inNation & World
Driver of pickup that struck van, killing 9 in Texas, was 13 years old, investigators say
Six members of the University of the Southwest golf teams and a coach were among those killed.
Posted inHealth
Biden’s COVID-19 coordinators to change as U.S. shifts focus
The White House is changing its posture from one of confronting an emergency to nudging Americans back to normalcy as the nation learns to live with a less-severe virus that is likely to remain endemic.