‘The amount of information you can get from people’s conversations online – it’s insane,’ says a supervisor police detective in Newport, R.I.
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Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales
FBI numbers show nearly twice as many gun sales were prevented in 2020 as in the year before – although there was still a surge of firearm sales.
A last push, then a long wait in NYC mayoral primary
Thirteen Democrats and two Republicans engaged in a last effort to rally supporters Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in the first citywide election to use ranked choice voting.
U.S. to review dark history of Indigenous boarding schools
Over the decades, the federal institutions forced hundreds of thousands of children from their families and communities.
Some used vehicles now cost more than original sticker price
A global shortage of computer chips has pushed prices to record levels.
Fed’s Powell says high inflation temporary, will ‘wane’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he expects recent price spikes will soon subside and reduce inflation to a sustainable level
Comedian Mike Bain bringing laughs to Craft Brew Underground
Maine Event Comedy
The Portland Symphony Orchestra announces outdoor, in-person summer concert series
The Portland Symphony Orchestra is returning to its first concerts with a live audience in over a year on Sunday, June 27. Three summer concerts will be held at the Seaside Pavilion in Old Orchard Beach. The first concert, “Eckart Conducts Beethoven,” will feature Beethoven’s breakthrough “Eroica” Symphony. PSO Music Director Eckart Preu said, “Words […]
Virtual event to discuss mid-century Maine author Elinor Graham – featuring her daughter
University of Maine at Augusta
Suspect arraigned in killing of American student in Russia
The body of 34-year-old Catherine Serou was found Saturday in a wooded area near the city of Nizhny Novgorod.