Janet Mills heckled at memorial for man killed by ICE

Maine County Official of July, Sally Christner

Sally Christner was selected Maine County Official of July in honor of her community service by Spirit of America Foundation’s Maine Chapter. Christner has served three terms as a commissioner of Androscoggin County, including some years as commission chair. Over the past 40-plus years Christner has done so many things to help her Calvary Baptist […]

Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging and raping a US Merchant Marine Academy cadet on a cargo ship

NEW YORK (AP) — A former cargo ship captain pleaded guilty on Wednesday to drugging and raping a 21-year-old U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet who was working on the vessel as part of the academy’s Sea Year training program. John Merrone, 53, pleaded guilty just as his trial was about to start in Brooklyn federal […]

Drained Reflecting Pool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer to gray

WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a protective coating in a color President Donald Trump calls “American flag blue” this spring. An Associated Press reporter and photographer viewed the fenced-off Reflecting Pool on Wednesday from the top of the Washington Monument. […]

NYC’s Rikers Island jail hosts World Cup watch party for inmates

NEW YORK (AP) — Offices, public parks, bars — watch parties popped up at all the usual spots for Wednesday’s semifinal World Cup match. But one was in something of an unusual location: New York’s sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility, better known for its overcrowding and violence than for hosting social events. More than 100 […]

Susan Collins’ push for hold on ICE traffic stops upended by Donald Trump

Lawmakers were thrown for a loop early Wednesday morning, when Trump on his social media site Truth Social said traffic stops were a critical tool.