North Carolina has been one of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access to abortions in the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to strip away constitutional protections for abortion.
Katherine Lee
Posted inLocal & State, The Maine Forecast
Showers, thunderstorms expected for Father’s Day weekend
Mother Nature’s going to deliver a sub-par gift for Dad. Another pesky, upper-level low like the ones that have plagued us on and off for weeks will return to Maine with persistent clouds and showers. The coast has the best shot at not seeing widespread rain today, but expect showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. […]
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Russian missiles target Kyiv as visiting African leaders push for peace and grain
A delegation of leaders and senior officials from Africa is in Ukraine seeking ways to end the full-scale war now in its 16th month and ensure food and fertilizer deliveries to their continent
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U.K. will conclude Johnson ‘partygate’ inquiry
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls it a kangaroo court, while the panel says he has ‘impugned the integrity’ of Parliament.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
JPMorgan reaches settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal charges accusing him of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New York.
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Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption and bribery, has died at age 86.
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What to know about the Trump classified documents case and what’s next
Donald Trump’s indictment on federal charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate represents the most serious legal jeopardy so far for the former president
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says
The indictment includes 37 counts, including willful retention of national defense information, obstruction, and false statements, that taken together could result in a yearslong prison sentence.
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Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans
World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history