The Maine Democratic Party says it’s incorporating opposition to police brutality into its platform this year
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Police say they intercepted armed counterprotesters in Portland last week
The disclosure comes after a resident questions why officers were stationed on rooftops during last week’s protests and a police official says they were there to protect demonstrators.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Country trio Lady Antebellum changes its name: ‘We are regretful and embarrassed’
Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum is changing its name to Lady A, saying they regret not taking into consideration the word’s associations with slavery.
Posted inAuto Racing, Sports
NASCAR Trucks driver quits over Confederate flag ban, new anthem policy
A lower-level driver, Ray Ciccarelli says he will not return after the 2020 season because of ‘the direction NASCAR is headed.’
Posted inSports
PGA Tour gets back to business, offers tribute to Floyd
The tour honors George Floyd with a moment of silence as pro golf returns at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republican-led Senate panel OKs removing Confederate names from bases
The plan by Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes on the president, who has vowed not to change the names.
Posted inNation & World, News
Army Gen. Mark Milley says he was wrong to accompany Trump on church walk
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the nation’s top military officer, now says it was a mistake for him to have been in Lafayette Square with President Donald Trump last week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
More advertisers leave Tucker Carlson’s show after his Black Lives comment
Walt Disney Co., Papa John’s International Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. said this week they would no longer advertise on his show.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Protests intensify campaigns to remove Confederate monuments around U.S.
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality. The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists, conquerors and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Protests and, in […]
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Maine Voices: Nation challenged to create equitable ‘new normal’ for African Americans
When will we act to correct the hatred and injustice that have cost so many lives?