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Trump lashes out at media after ducking press questions on trip
By Craig Gordon and Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg on May 28, 2017, at 2:55 p.m.
President Donald Trump lashed out at the “fake news” media in a series of Twitter messages on Sunday after wrapping up his first foreign trip as president without once holding a news conference.
Following Trump’s trip, Merkel says Europe can’t rely on US anymore
By Michael Birnbaum and Rick Noack, The Washington Post on May 28, 2017, at 2:13 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared a new chapter in U.S.-European relations after contentious meetings with President Donald Trump last week, saying that Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands.”
London flight chaos lingers as British Airways revives computers
By Susan Warren and Jesse Riseborough, Bloomberg News on May 28, 2017, at 1:58 p.m.
British Airways said many of its computer systems are running again as the carrier pushed to recover from a massive technology failure that disrupted hundreds of flights and stranded thousands of passengers worldwide over the past two days.
Laptop ban may expand to all international flights
By Ben Brody, Bloomberg News on May 28, 2017, at 1:36 p.m.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he may ban laptop computers in the cabins of all international flights into and out of the U.S. amid continuing terrorist threats.
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Why Middle East peace starts in Saudi Arabia
By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post on May 28, 2017, at 10:48 a.m.
The real action is on the anti-Iranian and anti-terror fronts. Don’t let Oslo-like mirages get in the way.
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These Maine men answered the call when the US entered the Great War
By Jonathan Bratten on May 28, 2017, at 9:59 a.m.
On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the Great War. Six days later, a telegram from the War Department arrived at Camp Keyes in Augusta: The 2nd Maine Regiment was ordered into active service.
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Maine’s solar industry can employ the next generation
By Holly Noyes on May 28, 2017, at 9:46 a.m.
Solar’s potential is promising for Maine’s economic future, especially for a state that has lost jobs due to globalization and outsourcing.
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On JFK’s 100th birthday, Trump repudiates his legacy
By Charles Lane, The Washington Post on May 28, 2017, at 9:38 a.m.
Kennedy’s arguments, both for free trade and for the U.S. leadership of which it is a part, retain validity, however. The task confronting heirs to the JFK tradition is to recognize what may be real and legitimate in the sentiments Trump tapped, to adjust accordingly — and to carry on.
Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher and former US senator, dies at 85
By Matt Schudel, The Washington Post on May 28, 2017, at 8:49 a.m.
Jim Bunning, a hard-throwing Hall of Fame pitcher who once threw a perfect game and who took his intimidating, combative style from the baseball diamond to Capitol Hill as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a two-term U.S. senator from Kentucky, died May 26 at a hospice facility in northern Kentucky.
Gregg Allman, Southern rock trailblazer who co-founded band marked by tragedy, dies at 69
By Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times on May 28, 2017, at 7:40 a.m.
Gregg Allman died Saturday at 69. A statement posted on his official website said Allman, who had canceled concerts and entire tours in recent years as he battled a variety of health issues, “passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Ga.”
‘Catastrophic’ computer outage in London cripples international air travel
By Avi Selk, Washington Post on May 27, 2017, at 3:05 p.m.
A computer outage crippled one of the world’s busiest flights hubs on Saturday, forcing British Airways to cancel all flights out of two London airports, leaving terminals in chaos and countless passengers stranded.
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On JFK’s 100th birthday, Trump repudiates his legacy
Maine’s solar industry can employ the next generation
These Maine men answered the call when the US entered the Great War
Why Middle East peace starts in Saudi Arabia
UMBC outlasts UMaine to win America East baseball crown
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Gregg Allman, Southern rock trailblazer who co-founded band marked by tragedy, dies at 69
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