Jeremy Lau, 46, of Patten, died shortly after he was arrested at a home by officers responding to a 911 call.
Carol Semple
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Benton man pleads no contest to double murders in Waldo County
Glenn Brown is accused of murdering his sister and brother-in-law in their home in October 2020.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Powell backs quarter-point interest rate hike this month
His challenge is changing policy to ease inflation but not tightening so much that the economy stalls.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
UN General Assembly votes to demand that Russia stop war in Ukraine
Assembly resolutions aren’t legally binding, but they do have clout in reflecting international opinion.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Hundreds arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack
One petition, started by a prominent human rights advocate, garnered over 150,000 signatures within several hours and more than 330,000 by the end of the day.
Posted inNation & World
Three former police officers convicted of civil rights violations in George Floyd’s killing
The men were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck until the 46-year-old Black man died.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin ‘chose’ war
The United States and its allies will block assets of 4 large Russian banks, impose export controls and sanction oligarchs.
Posted inNation & World
The Latest: In the wake of the Ukraine invasion, Russia’s cyberattacks could go global
Updates from the crisis in Ukraine as Russia invades.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital; U.S., allies toughen sanctions as worldwide outrage grows
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Kyiv ‘could well be under siege’ and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tells lawmakers that Russian forces were about 20 miles from the city.
Posted inLocal & State, New England
New Hampshire police arrest 3 after pursuit from Maine
Two men and a minor were in a box truck that was possibly connected with the theft of dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles.