February 2020 – Page 273 – The Portland Press Herald

Times Record

Fox rampages through Phippsburg neighborhood, attacking woman, man, animals

by Darcie Moore February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Bath considers trapping animals as rabid animal attacks continue in southern Midcoast

Health, Local & State, News, Politics

Campaigns begin public fight over Maine law limiting vaccine exemptions

by Joe Lawlor February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Opponents of the law see the elimination of non-medical exemptions for schoolchildren as government overreach, while supporters argue that children’s health is at stake.

Local & State, News, Times Record

Portland pays out $141,000 to groups that helped asylum seekers

by Randy Billings February 4, 2020February 5, 2020

City officials announce that they are distributing the donations to 11 groups who helped the city accommodate nearly 450 asylum seekers last summer.

New England Patriots, Sports

Brady tops list of NFL’s biggest offseason story lines

by JOHN CLAYTON The Washington Post February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Tom Brady, who is a free agent in March, has made it clear he’s willing to listen to offers from other teams.

Nation & World, News

Tulsa plans to dig for suspected mass graves from 1921 race massacre

by DeNeen L. Brown Washington Post February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Historians believe as many as 300 black people were killed, and much of Greenwood, one of the most affluent black communities in the country, was leveled by fire.

Nation & World, Politics

Sen. Collins says she will vote to acquit Trump as senators split along party lines

by ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

The final days of the trial have focused attention on a handful of senators in both parties who were viewed as potential votes to break with their party.