President Rafael Reif argues that it would be unfair to demonize well-intentioned people living under a murderous regime.
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Woody Allen sues Amazon for $68 million over film deal
The filmmaker says the company pulled the plug on a four-picture movie deal last year when old sex assault allegations resurfaced.
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Robber who put southern Maine on edge was addicted to opioids, awaiting treatment, lawyer says
Travis Card’s attorney calls him ‘a face of the devastation and destruction that medically prescribed opiates can have.’
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Leonard Pitts: White America should consider the high cost of not knowing
Shielding white children from their history makes for dangerously oblivious adults.
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Commentary: Schools’ process in sex assault cases must be fair to both sides
The ACLU encourages Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to shape reform that protects the rights of the accused and the accuser.
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Maine man indicted on manslaughter, drunken-driving charges in 2018 crash
Police allege that the blood-alcohol level of Christian J. Parlin was more than twice the legal limit when he crossed the centerline on a road in Turner.
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Skowhegan detective goes on trial in April
Detective Don Avery has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence assault on his former wife on Father’s Day 2017, and the judge has ruled that previous uncharged allegations are not admissible at trial in May.
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Commentary: New system must replace ineffective Long Creek youth prison
Maine can learn from other states that are following the four Rs: reduce, reform, replace, reinvest.
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Ex-teacher at religious school in Freeport gets 8 years for sex crimes against student
Derek Boyce, 37, goes to prison for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl who was his student at Pine Tree Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school.
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Sanford man awaiting trial in kidnapping is accused of selling prison contraband
Dylan Austin is being held at the York County Jail on kidnapping, terrorizing and assault charges stemming from a 2018 incident in which another Sanford man was stabbed and beaten with a pipe.