The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game had grown to nearly $1 billion going into Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inNation & World
The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail
Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s D.C. home, the Secret Service detail assigned to protect the lives of Trump’s daughter and son-in-law found a costly solution.
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Video: Police investigate after a woman falsely accuses Black hotel guests of stealing her phone
Musician Keyon Harrold, who was staying with his son at a boutique hotel in SoHo, was approached by an unknown woman in the lobby who falsely accused his 14-year-old son of stealing her phone.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Dump truck driver killed in Wales rollover
WALES — The driver of a dump truck hauling gravel was killed Friday morning when the truck rolled over on Route 126. Chief Deputy William Gagne of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said investigators are looking into the possibility that a medical issue caused the crash. The truck was headed toward Monmouth shortly before 7 a.m. […]
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Pfizer says early findings signal its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective
The pharmaceutical company is now on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Early voting for November’s election has already outpaced 2016 totals
More people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states has caused a surge in turnout in recent days.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
How Donald Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000
The president has taken other actions that have shattered his early promise to “completely isolate” himself from his business.
Posted inBusiness, Schools and Education
First day of school for thousands and Zoom gets glitchy
Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Watch: With no Great Falls Balloon Festival, pilots gather for virtual launch
A couple balloon pilots take off Saturday morning from Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston for the Sun Journal’s tribute to the festival, which was canceled because of the pandemic.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Here’s why the Postal Service says it wanted to remove hundreds of mail-sorting machines
USPS officials and industry insiders say sorters are taken offline every year, though the 671 earmarked represents a substantially larger share of the agency’s inventory.