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Man dies after jumping from Casco Bay Bridge

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 […]

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'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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]