Snake Island sits along a busy shipping lane, and Russia took control of it in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa.
June 2022
Posted inLocal & State
Mental health care system failed man who went missing in Bangor, his mother says
“You pretty much have to criminalize your loved one to get them help,” says Tammy Lacher Scully, the mother of Graham Lacher who went missing June 6 after running from a psychiatric hospital.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, News
U.S. Sen. Leahy of Vermont in hospital for surgery on broken hip
The 82-year-old Democrat suffered the break Wednesday night in a fall at his home in McLean, Va.
Posted inNation & World, News
Treasury Department blocks $1 billion trust owned by Russian oligarch
The size of the trust and the complexity of the investigation made this a unique case, according to the department.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Alabama uses abortion ruling to argue for ban on medical care for transgender youth
Alabama is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
COVID patient totals, case counts edge lower in Maine
All Maine counties are now classified as having low community levels of the virus, according to federal data updated Thursday.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold
The cases reflect battles being waged in courts across the country after the Supreme Court said abortion was no longer protected under the federal constitution.
Posted inNation & World, Sports
COVID-19 at Wimbledon: 3 top-20 men out after positive tests
The All England Club follows government guidance that requires neither shots nor testing, but players who are ill are withdrawing from matches.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Nation & World
Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 shot mandate case that is similar to Maine’s
The current case involves a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn’t offer an exemption for religious reasons.
Posted inSports
MLB roundup: Bregman’s 2-run double keys Houston’s 2-1 win over Yankees
The Yankees’ lone run was a homer by Anthony Rizzo.