Amy Sussman, aunt of Max Hathaway, a victim in the Lewiston shooting, discussed the mismanagement of the Lewiston Victims Fund. Despite raising $6.6 million, only 74% went to victims and their families, with $1.9 million allocated to 29 nonprofits. Nonprofits used funds for various purposes, including building walls and security cameras. Sussman criticized the Maine Community Foundation for lack of transparency and misallocation of funds. She highlighted the need for direct support to victims, including counseling, and called for accountability and redirection of funds to meet victims’ needs.
Gov. Janet Mills is among voices calling for Central Maine Medical Center nurses to be reinstated after they were fired just before a vote to unionize.
It's harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown for generations.
In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.
Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.
An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.
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