The lawsuit, brought by F. Ronald Jenkins, involves hundreds of Guatemalans who were intentionally infected with sexually transmitted diseases by the U.S. government in the 1940s and 1950s.
Eric Russell
Staff Writer
Eric Russell has been a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2012 and has been a journalist in Maine since 2004. Because he doesn’t have a specific geographic or topical area to cover, Eric often is free to roam the state in pursuit of the most interesting stories, whether it’s tackling the big topic of the day or chasing ideas that fall just outside the boundaries of everyday news. His favorite assignments are ones where he can leave the office and meet with people in their homes or their workplaces to talk about their struggles and challenges – and sometimes their triumphs. Or to try and answer complicated questions. Eric grew up in Southern Maine, went to college at the University of Maine and worked in Bangor for eight years before joining the Press Herald. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, a school teacher, and two daughters.
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Maine native drafts ‘articles of impeachment’ in New York Times
Ian Prasad Philbrick, a 2012 graduate of Greely High School, based his interactive opinion piece on the templates from Nixon’s impeachment in 1974 and Clinton’s in 1998.
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Mills calls for Maine to borrow $239 million to fix roads, conserve land, build workforce
The Democratic governor makes a series of bond proposals that need approval from both legislators and voters.
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Senate vote moves Maine closer to trashing single-use plastic bags
The Senate voted Tuesday to approve the statewide ban, which already passed in the House but needs further votes in both chambers.
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Lawsuit against Cheverus over former student’s injuries set for trial
The family of Patrick Griffin claims the Jesuit-run Portland high school failed to protect their son from another student, who they say caused a traumatic brain injury.
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Health care dominates Maine’s legislative session
Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who’s on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities.
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Mills administration names new CDC director
Dr. Nirav Shah, who most recently was director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, will lead Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Mills to host opioid response summit in July
Participants will include Michael Botticelli, President Obama’s drug czar, and Sam Quinones, author of ‘Dreamland,’ an influential book on the opioid epidemic.
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Former Salvation Army officer now living in Saco accused of abusing teen
The Salvation Army says it terminated Gary Crowell’s officership after he was accused of abusing a teenage girl who lived with him and his wife in New York, but the alleged victim says the organization failed to tell police.
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‘Somebody knows what happened to Angel’
Angel Torres was 21 when he was last seen in Biddeford. His parents and police believe he was likely murdered but they don’t know why, and they don’t have a body that might yield clues.