Carl Natale

Sun Journal

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Published
March 13, 2019

Obama officials failed to focus as fentanyl burned its way across America

Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.
Published
March 12, 2019

Lewiston man killed while driving taxi in Westbrook

WESTBROOK — Police in Maine say the results of an investigation into a deadly traffic crash involving a taxi and a pickup truck will not likely be available for weeks. The crash happened Monday morning on the border of Scarborough and Westbrook. It killed 39-year-old Hassan Idris Ali of Lewiston, who was driving the taxi, […]
Published
March 12, 2019

Mammoth cloning project takes a step forward

New findings indicate that the resurrection of mammoths is not a fantasy, a research team including members from Kindai University is saying, after cell nuclei extracted from the 28,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth were discovered to retain some function. When placed in the ova of mice, the nuclei developed to a state just before […]
Published
March 12, 2019

FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery scheme

Authorities say the defendants used “bribery and other forms of fraud” to facilitate their children’s admission schools such as Georgetown, Yale and Stanford.
Published
March 12, 2019

Canadian brothers freed after ‘stupid’ stunt causing chaos at Canada-US border

The blue 1967 Buick Skylark would have been perfect for an all-American road trip. But Damien Roy, 22, and Bailey Roy, 21, never got that far. Before the two brothers could even cross the Canadian border, drones, helicopters, police dogs and a SWAT team surrounded their car. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. […]
Published
March 11, 2019

Nancy Pelosi: ‘I’m not for impeachment’

In an interview with The Washington Post, the House Speaker also said Trump is unfit to be president.
Published
March 11, 2019

US winter was the wettest on record

Nation’s precipitation has now been unsurpassed over the past three, six and 12 months.
Published
March 11, 2019

Maine unemployment rate remains low

AUGUSTA — Maine labor officials say unemployment has held steady in the early part of the year. The Maine Department of Labor says the unemployment rate of 3.5 percent has not changed since August. The rate is up slightly from 3.2 percent a year ago. Maine’s unemployment rate remained below the national rate of 4 […]
Published
March 11, 2019

Procession of firetrucks escorts Oxford chief’s body to Lewiston

LEWISTON — The body of Oxford Fire Chief Gary Sacco arrived Monday afternoon at a Lewiston funeral home. Sacco, 63, died Sunday while attending the funeral of Capt. Joel Barnes of the Berwick Fire Department in Portland, according to Oxford fire officials. Sacco was hired as Oxford’s fire chief in June 2017. Before that, he […]
Published
March 11, 2019

Donald Trump revives his border wall fight with $8.6 billion budget request

Trump’s new budget calls for billions more for border wall, steep cuts in domestic programs but increases for military spending

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