Investigators say a 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Tom Brady to join Fox Sports when playing career ends
Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as a football announcer when his playing career ends
America’s love affair with the lawn is getting messy
A surge of gardeners, landscapers and homeowners worried about the environment now see the traditional, green lawn as an anachronism, even a threat.
NYPD focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting investigation
At least 29 in all were treated at hospitals for gunshot wounds, smoke inhalation and other conditions.
Data Sheet: Confirmed drug deaths
The Sun Journal analyzed annual confirmed drug death counts, from 1997 through September 2021, using data from drug death reports.
Data Sheet: Prescription distribution
The Sun Journal analyzed data from Maine’s Prescription Monitoring Program from 2016 to 2021; and data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System from 2006 to 2014.
Data Sheet: Fatal and nonfatal overdoses 2017-2021
METHODOLOGY The Sun Journal analyzed data from the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention of suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses in emergency departments, from 2017 to 2021. The data is publicly available on the Maine CDC’s website
US seeks new lithium sources as demand for batteries grows
A site in Newry could be a significant source of the lithium that the United States will need to achieve its clean energy goals.
L.L. Bean sales grow 14% during 2nd year of pandemic; workers get 12% cash bonus
Growing interest in the outdoors during the pandemic continues boost the Freeport-based retailer’s sales.
‘River Dave’ doesn’t show for N.H. court hearing on trespassing charge
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former hermit in New Hampshire who is charged with trespassing on the wooded property he made his home for 27 years didn’t show up for his arraignment