Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods

Federal court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate all vestiges of segregation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a decades-old desegregation mandate for the Concordia Parish School Board, handing a victory to […]

Progressives aligned with Graham Platner press for US Senate forums and policy pledge

More than 500 Mainers have signed an open letter calling on the candidates to get on board with a seven-point progressive platform ahead of the July 25 nominating convention.

Democratic US Senate candidates will debate on Thursday

It will be the first debate in the new field of candidates that sprung up after nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race.

Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November’s midterm […]

Writers Guild of America seeks to block Paramount's buyout of Warner in latest merger challenge

NEW YORK (AP) — The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit that seeks to block the merger on the grounds it would cause “specific harm” to movie and TV writers working across the U.S. A Paramount-Warner merger “threatens […]