DETROIT — At the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, a quote from former President Ronald Reagan is engraved on one wall. “Let the 5,000-mile border between Canada and the United States stand as a symbol for the future,” Reagan said upon signing a 1988 free trade pact with America’s northern neighbor. “Let it forever be not…
SCARBOROUGH — The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans. The industry is based mostly in Maine, where lobsters are both a cultural signifier and the backbone of the coastal economy. The state’s haul of lobsters has declined every year from 2021, when it was…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is threatening to sue the state of Maine over the state allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports at public schools and universities. In a Feb. 25 letter to Gov. Janet Mills, Bondi said Maine’s policy violates Title IX of the federal Educational Amendments Act of 1972. …
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee placed an employee on administrative leave Thursday after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. Rocky Harris, USOPC chief of sport and athlete services, sent an email to U.S. Biathlon…