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Bangor’s lawyer resigns after nearly 5 years

His is the latest in a string of high-profile city staff resignations in recent months, including the assistant city manager and the finance director.

Paul LePage agrees to 2 debates after Matt Dunlap pressed for 4

The announcement came after Dunlap had accused LePage of ducking debates and forums while not holding town halls.

Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sued Columbia University on Monday, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group and retaliated against them when they reported it. The university’s “deliberate indifference” led to the doxing of multiple group members and Khalil’s detention by immigration agents, according to the civil […]

Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine lobsterman’s challenge to GPS boat tracker requirement

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide later this month whether to hear a lobster fisherman’s challenge to a government requirement that boats use electronic tracking devices. That case could have broad consequences for the American commercial fishing industry. Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson filed a federal lawsuit against the head of his state’s […]

Man pleads not guilty in the hanging death of a Mississippi woman

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with murder in the hanging of a Black woman in Mississippi pleaded not guilty Monday at his first court appearance. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in the state’s capital city, Jackson, on Aug. 3. On Friday, police […]