Author: George Lanington

Ashley Bryan, a longtime artist and resident of coastal Maine who as a soldier survived D-Day in France during World War II and overcame racism to become a well-known children's book author and illustrator, has died. Bryan, who has lived on the offshore island of Islesford since the mid-1980s, died Friday in Texas, where he had been staying with relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was 98 years old. “The world has lost a wonderful person,” Bryan's family of nieces and nephews said Friday evening. “In our lives there have been few people as special. His joy of discovery, invention, learning and community has had a profound impact on us all.” Bryan began studying and pursuing art as a calling in his teen years, and over the course of his 80-year career earne...

Not long ago, Sean Strickland wasn't sure if he would ever walk again, let alone compete in professional mixed martial arts. But the middleweight prospect is now perhaps just one win away from a title shot. He can make his case with a solid performance against fellow contender Jack Hermansson in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland on Saturday. His clash headlines the MMA display from the Apex facility in Las Vegas, with the UFC main card scheduled for 7 pm ET. A few years ago, the No. 7-ranked Strickland was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that jeopardized both his basic functionality and his MMA career, but he made a full recovery and has won four straight fights after an ab...

Grandes pilotos de todo el mundo han llegado al frío helado de Suecia antes de la Carrera de Campeones de este fin de semana, disfrutando de sus primeras vueltas de práctica en la pista paralela ROC especialmente diseñada en el mar Báltico congelado en Pite Havsbad, a solo 60 millas de la Círculo Artico. Race Of Champions reúne a algunos de los mejores pilotos del mundo de las principales disciplinas del automovilismo, incluidas la Fórmula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, Le Mans, World Rally y Rallycross, y los libera para luchar cara a cara. Como siempre, los pilotos competirán en autos idénticos en la misma pista, por lo que los ganadores se decidirán solo por habilidad. La selección de maquinaria de este año incluye el FIA RX2e, un coche eléctrico de rallycross que genera 250 kW de potencia y h...

DENVER (AP) — A man who allegedly kidnapped a female employee at the Colorado ranch owned by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg first asked him where the billionaire's daughters were and then ranted at Bloomberg, saying he wanted to “ launch an international campaign. scene” with him or his daughters, according to court documents.The Bloomberg family was not at the ranch near rural Meeker in the western part of the state when Joseph Beecher allegedly drove his truck through the gates and kidnapped the worker at gunpoint on Wednesday.Beecher, 48, forced the woman to drive him to the Denver area and into northern Wyoming, authorities said. Authorities initially released his name, but it was removed in Colorado state court documents released Friday.Joseph Beecher allegedly went...

Un hombre ha sido atrapado y arrestado en relación con el asesinato de una mujer en Bardstown y que huía con cuatro niños. Se alega que Richard Gray, de 32 años, asesinó a su novia alrededor de las 5:26 am del viernes 4 de febrero en una casa en Robin Drive en Bardstown. Luego supuestamente huyó de la escena con el Jeep de su novia, llevándose consigo a cuatro niños: Adrian Murray de 1 año, Jordon de 6 años, Jayce de 9 años y BJ de 10 años. La policía llegó al lugar y encontró a la novia de Gray muerta en el piso de la cocina. Después de que se llevó a cabo una investigación, la policía determinó que Gray era el sospechoso. Después de eso, los funcionarios de Kentucky emitieron una Alerta Amber con respecto a los niños alrededor de las 10:30 p. m. y, en una actualización ju...

France's dueling far-right presidential candidates are holding back-to-back campaign rallies on Saturday, trying to steal each other's thunder and keep their anti-immigration, anti-Islam agenda front and center in the race for the April presidential election.Marine Le Pen, who came in second in the last presidential election in 2017, is holding what is billed as her first major campaign event in the city of Reims in Champagne country.She will present her platform and try to reinvigorate her base after some high-profile defections to the campaign of rival Eric Zemmour.Zemmour, a pundit and provocateur who has been repeatedly convicted of hate speech, planned a rally in the northern city of Lille on the same day as Le Pen's, apparently to try to draw attention away from her.Both hope to u...

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently discussed the possibility of a Bitcoin powered Universal Basic Income (UBI) strategy to end poverty. In a recent Twitter space chat, Dorsey was speaking to US congressional candidate Aarika Rhodes on how Bitcoin based UBI has the potential to solve income inequality. It should be noted that Dorsey's Start Small initiative has invested over $55 million across the United States and overseas to experiment on universal basic income. Start Small Initiative is a charity created by Dorsey for global COVID-19 relief. According to the charity's page, “After the pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI.” For Dorsey, the usage of fiat money creates many issues, he believes that Bitcoin's fundamental structure may help fix the...

The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber acted alone and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 US service members were not preventable.The blast at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport on 26 August killed 11 US Marines, a sailor and a soldier, who were screening the thousands of Afghans desperately trying to get onto one of the crowded flights leaving the country after the Taliban takeover. The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.At the Pentagon on Friday, military officials laid out a detailed and graphic minute-by-minute account of the bombing.The bottom line, they said, was that those who died had wounds that were "so catastrophic” that they could not be overcome. ...