The man arrested in connection with the shooting is named Ryan Wesley Routh, law enforcement officials said.
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Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Gwen Walz tells supporters in Portland to ‘choose a new way forward’
Walz spoke at a rally at Thompson’s Point Friday night after stops in Bangor as part of a blitz by the Harris-Walz campaign on the heels of the presidential debate.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics, Religion and Values
Pope slams Harris and Trump as ‘against life’ and urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
Pope Francis highlights what he calls the presidential candidates’ anti-life policies on abortion and migration.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump says there will be no future debate with Harris
The Republican nominee posted Thursday on Truth Social that ‘THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!’ He also suggested that a ‘prizefighter’ who loses a bout is always the one to call for a rematch.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from Joe Biden’s
Just 55 days before the election, the Republican presidential candidate has emerged from a rocky contest against his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, looking to regain his footing.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
Some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Election officials warn that widespread problems with U.S. mail system could disrupt voting
State and local election officials say problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters and that repeated outreach to the Postal Service to resolve the issues had failed.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Gwen Walz, wife of VP candidate Tim Walz, will visit Bangor and Portland on Friday
The stops are part of a Harris-Walz push to rally voters and build enthusiasm as the campaign enters its final 2 months.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Outdoors, Politics
Outdoors groups push for passage of Maine’s first trail bond
The $30 million bond, which goes to voters in November, would pay for engineers, heavy equipment and laborers needed to build trails that will withstand climate change and make Maine a world-class outdoor recreation leader, advocates say.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Campaigns clash over gun rights in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race
Incumbent Rep. Jared Golden questions Austin Theriault’s commitment to Second Amendment rights following a report that the Republican challenger called police about a man ‘walking onto his front porch holding an AR-15.’