The motion calls for law enforcement to interview the unnamed juror after she told the state attorney’s office about what ‘she perceived to be a threat from a fellow juror while in the jury room.’
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Waterville Mayor Isgro faces calls for resignation over tweet attacking Parkland student
WATERVILLE — Mayor Nick Isgro is facing a growing backlash for a social media post about a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, including demands that he apologize or resign from office. Meanwhile, Democrats, some city councilors and residents said Thursday the mayor’s recent tweet about David Hogg isn’t an anomaly and is just […]
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Leavitt students say they were singled out during walkout
TURNER — Two students who carried pro-Second Amendment signs during a Leavitt Area High School walkout March 21 said their First Amendment rights were violated when they were sent home after refusing to give up their signs before returning to class. Justin Lavigne, a junior, said he held a sign reading, “Guns don’t kill people, […]
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Adults, it's your move, students say after historic walkouts
They bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages like “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough. In a wave of protests one historian called the largest […]
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Republican state senator, Democrats call for Gibson to withdraw from state House race
A Republican state senator said Tuesday that a controversial GOP candidate from Sabattus should not be running for office. Sen. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, said in social media posts that Maine House of Representatives candidate Leslie Gibson has attacked Volk online. Volk has called for “respect and kindness” from lawmakers. Volk is one of the few Republicans […]
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Florida governor signs gun bill; NRA sues to block new law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Weeks after their children were gunned down in the worst high school shooting since Columbine, parents of the victims stood in the Florida Capitol and watched Gov. Rick Scott sign a far-reaching bill that places new restrictions on guns. Hours later, the National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit to block […]
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This nation should be proud of its children. Especially those children from Parkland, Florida. For the first time in decades those with power are waking up to the scourge in America that exists nowhere else. They are hearing the voices of our children. And they are listening. Americans are always outraged after a mass shooting, […]
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'Picture of education in fear' as Parkland students return with armed guards
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers passed through tight security cordons of dozens of officers as classes resumed Wednesday for the first time since a troubled teenager with an AR-15 killed 17 people, thrusting them into the center of the nation’s gun debate. The armed police, designed to make Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]
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Armed Parkland school officer never went inside to confront gunman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation, officials announced Thursday. The Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR-15 style assault […]
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Video: School shooting town hall: Marco Rubio on defensive on gun control
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures at a town hall after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school. But Rubio, the lone Republican at CNN’s “Stand Up” town hall Wednesday night, […]