In an interview with USA Today, Driver says he remembers KKK rallies being held in his Indiana home town.
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Rapper Juelz Santana admits he tried to get gun onto plane
Security staff at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport found a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his carry-on bag.
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Tesla faces subpoena over CEO’s buyout plan
Regulators probe whether Elon Musk lied in a tweet saying he secured funds to buy all its stock.
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FBI demanded that Google hand over multiple users’ location data in Portland robberies
The tech giant didn’t comply, and a suspect in the Maine crime spree was caught, but privacy experts say the sweeping warrant is cause for alarm.
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Maine Voices: In high-profile sexual assault cases, accusers have a lot to lose
The public may take sides based on the alleged perpetrator’s reputation rather than on the facts of the case.
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Brunswick attorney suspended over clients’ complaints
Court documents accuse James Whittemore of misusing and converting $250,000 in trust funds from two unrelated clients.
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Guatemalan man pleads guilty to illegal entry into U.S.
The man entered Maine near Sandy Bay Township and is now in removal proceedings.
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Girl’s testimony convinces judge a Readfield man violated his probation
Luke Blair of Readfield could serve up to 8 years and 8 months of the suspended sentence he received for a brutal attack with an ice chopper on a man in Lewiston in 2007.
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Man accused of scaring Wells woman to death in burglary attempt pleads guilty to manslaughter
Carlton L. Young, called a ‘coward and a punk’ by the victim’s husband, admits to manslaughter and is sentenced to 10 years in prison, avoiding a trial on a count of felony murder.
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If home intrusion caused Wells woman’s fatal heart attack, is it murder?
The prosecution’s challenge in an unusual case involving no weapon and no physical assault: Proving the death of a person in the home was a ‘reasonably foreseeable consequence’ of an attempted burglary.