## Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation

Authored by theguardian.com

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, is suspending his campaign following sexual assault allegations.

She alleges that in late 2021, an intoxicated Platner entered her home uninvited and forced himself on her.

While calling the reporting inaccurate, he said his campaign was “mindful of the political reality” the accusation “will inflict”.

But the allegations quickly prompted Democrats, including Senate leader Chuck Schumer, to call on Platner to drop out of the race.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – the party’s main vehicle for fundraising, recruitment, and helping to elect Senate candidates – said it would not spend money on the Maine race if Platner did not withdraw his candidacy.

Democrats have viewed Maine as a crucial opportunity to pick up a US Senate seat and regain control of the upper chamber in US Congress.

“The next Democratic senator for Maine needs to belong to the people of Maine,” he said. »

### Tied in knots by medical debt. Working to undo the damage in NC.

Authored by carolinapublicpress.org

“With me having been sick and us not making a lot of money, it was a struggle,” McIntyre said about living with medical debt.

It was from a nonprofit organization called Undue Medical Debt, which claimed to have erased all $3,200 of her remaining debt.

Undue, the nonprofit organization which relieved McIntyre of her debt, has bought and erased more than $40 billion of medical debt across the country. »

### He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.

Authored by thebulwark.com

On Tuesday morning, Lorenzo was picking up workers as usual shortly after 6 a.m. when he was confronted by ICE and killed.

“He always told us that we needed to do well in school so we don’t end up like him in the sun.”.

“In the absence of facts from ICE we are left to conclude a man was unlawfully killed on the streets of Houston,” he said. »

### Putin finally using the word ‘war’ is a sign of growing threat to Europe

Authored by inews.co.uk

The goal was to intimidate rather than prosecute, and to scare people into toeing the party line.

GPS signals across northeastern Europe are also increasingly subject to jamming from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

There is no real evidence of an imminent Russian threat to Europe, beyond the existing campaign of covert subversion and sabotage. »

### United Airlines must face lawsuit over 'window seats' that lack windows

Authored by theguardian.com

Passengers filed proposed class actions against United and Delta Air Lines in ​August after finding themselves seated next ‌to walls on Boeing ‌737, Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 planes.

He also said United’s ticketing terms, boarding passes and reservation screens state expressly that the airline ⁠would provide window seats to passengers who paid for them.

Both lawsuits seek millions of dollars of damages, for more than 1 million passengers per carrier. »

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