SOUTH PORTLAND — A man died shortly after noon Friday after he leapt from the Casco Bay Bridge onto the rocks at the end of Thomas Knight Park. South Portland Police Chief Edward Googins said no foul play is suspected in the death. He said police received reports of a man on the railing of […]
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Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from “Great Society” Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, has died at age 68. His death was announced Thursday by two longtime employers, Fox News Channel […]
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain found dead in France at 61 of apparent suicide
PARIS (AP) — American TV celebrity and food writer Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61. CNN confirmed the death, saying that Bourdain was found unresponsive Friday morning by friend and chef Eric Ripert in […]
Acclaimed artist Robert Indiana dies at his Maine island home at 89
Robert Indiana, the sign painter from the Midwest who moved to New York and became a celebrated pop artist before departing for the deep isolation of his overstuffed Vinalhaven home, died in that island home Saturday. He was 89. His attorney, James Brannan of Rockland, said Indiana died of respiratory failure. Indiana, best known for […]
'Right Stuff' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of “New Journalism” who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and “A Man in Full,” has died. He was 88. Wolfe’s literary agent, Lynn Nesbit, told […]
Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk
TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada’s biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack. A 25-year-old suspect was quickly captured in a tense but brief […]
Verne Troyer, Mini-Me from 'Austin Powers' films, dead at 49
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Verne Troyer, who played Dr. Evil’s small, silent sidekick “Mini-Me” in the “Austin Powers” movie franchise, has died. He was 49. A statement provided by Troyer’s representatives that was also posted to his Instagram and Facebook accounts said the actor died Saturday. No cause of death was given, but the statement […]
Navy seaman from Freeport dies while serving in Persian Gulf
Austin Williams stood out, and not just because of his trademark neon running socks. When he ran cross-country and track at Freeport High School, Williams wore those bright socks and colorful bandannas that made him easily recognizable on the course. But his personality made him just as memorable to the people who met him during […]
Autopsy planned on inmate who died at Maine State Prison
WARREN (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 57-year-old inmate has died at the state prison in Warren. The state Department of Corrections confirmed the death of Gregory E. Leeman on Sunday. Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland says Leeman was found unresponsive in his cell and died at the prison. The death does not […]
Man dies as 5-alarm fire destroys apartment building in Biddeford
A five-alarm fire that ripped through an apartment building Monday in downtown Biddeford claimed the life of an elderly man and left 34 people homeless. State Fire Marshal Joe Thomas confirmed Monday night that an 88-year-old man who lived in a first-floor apartment died in the fire. It took firefighters several hours to reach Arnold […]