An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen over the last decade.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World, Politics
What they want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit
What will happen in Geneva when President Biden meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office isn’t yet clear.
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‘Exceptional’ rainstorm heavily damages carriage roads at Acadia National Park
The storm early on June 9 dumped about 5 inches of rain on the park in the space of a few hours, and washed out 10 miles of the popular 45-mile carriage road system.
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Maine bill would make it a crime to improperly store gun near child
The proposal would change child endangerment laws to include leaving a loaded firearm where a child can get it.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Large nationwide mall owner files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Rent collections dried up and tenants filed for bankruptcy or went out of business as the pandemic spread around the nation in 2020.
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Justice official resigning after revelations of Democrats’ subpoenas
John Demers was sworn in a few weeks after the subpoena for the Democrats’ records and is one of the few Trump appointees who has remained in the Biden administration.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘The Night Watchman,’ Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
One of the country’s most esteemed novelists, Louise Erdrich, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for ‘The Night Watchman.’
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Justice Department to review restrictive Republican voting laws
Along with reviewing new state laws, Attorney General Merrick Garland says the department will examine existing ones for their potential to discriminate against minority voters.
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G-7 leaders pledge to share vaccine, but jostle for the high ground
With 3.7 million people lost in the pandemic, the world’s richest democracies are eager to show themselves the champions of the afflicted.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts lobster diver injured when caught in whale’s mouth
‘He was swallowed by the whale, he was in his mouth for about 20 seconds,’ says the man’s sister.