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Bannon returns to Breitbart News
By Matea Gold and Paul Farhi, Washington Post on Aug. 18, 2017, at 7:55 p.m.
Hours after his departure was confirmed Friday by the White House, Bannon was already back in charge at the website, chairing the evening editorial meeting.
Charlottesville mayor urging new laws to empower localities, suspend gun laws
By Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post on Aug. 18, 2017, at 6:47 p.m.
The mayor said he is asking the General Assembly to give localities authority over their monuments and the power to ban open carry or concealed weapons during public events that pose security threats.
Community
FairPoint Communications awards $50,000 to Maine non-profits through Connected Communities
on Aug. 18, 2017, at 4:15 p.m.
Community
Tickets for U.S. Poet Laureate, others in September arts/poetry fest
on Aug. 18, 2017, at 4:03 p.m.
Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
By Scott Malone, Reuters on Aug. 18, 2017, at 2:43 p.m.
A few hundred people are expected to attend the “Free Speech” rally in Boston Common on Saturday.
Trump dumps controversial chief strategist Bannon in latest upheaval
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Reuters on Aug. 18, 2017, at 1:15 p.m.
“Steve’s in a good place. He doesn’t care. He’s going to support the president and push the agenda, whether he’s on the inside or the outside.”
During the solar eclipse, animals will be confused
By Brandon Gee, The Washington Post on Aug. 18, 2017, at 1 p.m.
“I’m interested to see whether they go to roost. It will get very noisy if they do.”
POLL QUESTION
Maine to recoup $950,000 in settlement over Medicaid payments for EpiPen
By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Aug. 18, 2017, at 12:05 p.m.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said Maine’s share of the deal is nearly $2.5 million, of which more than $1.5 million will flow to the federal government.
EDITORIALS
Why you’ll be better off from that trip to the beach
on Aug. 18, 2017, at 11:42 a.m.
The repetitive action of the waves is more pleasing to our brains than random, unexpected noise and visuals that typically fill our days.
Barcelona van attacker may still be alive, on the run -police
By Andres Gonzalez, Angus Berwick and Carlos Ruano, Reuters on Aug. 18, 2017, at 11:10 a.m.
Investigators believe at least eight people had plotted the attacks, giving them a level of sophistication that ranked them alongside major attacks in Paris and Brussels.
Robert E. Lee didn’t want monuments. They ‘keep open the sores of war,’ he wrote.
By Fred Barbash, Washington Post on Aug. 18, 2017, at 8:46 a.m.
Lee thought it better to tend to the graves of the fallen.
Canada sees ‘unsustainable’ spike in asylum seekers at U.S. border
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert, Reuters on Aug. 18, 2017, at 6:58 a.m.
The number of asylum seekers who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Canada more than tripled last month.
‘Dunkirk’ criticized for ignoring the Nazi menace
By Sonny Bunch, The Washington Post on Aug. 18, 2017, at 6:57 a.m.
“Winston Churchill, the new prime minister, was fully aware of the stakes. There would be no chivalrous surrender ceremony.”
Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
Historic roadside attraction Perry’s Nut House is for sale
Lawsuit claims Poland Spring a ‘colossal fraud,’ selling groundwater
Crash involving crane blocks I-295 in Portland
Llama jumps fence to chase bear away from farm ducks, then goes to local golf course