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☆ Maine mass shootings: Grieving Maine families grapple with unanswered questions after man accused of killing 18 is found dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Elizabeth Seal, wife of Joshua Seal who was killed in the shootings, told CNN she is still processing the fact that the suspect is dead. And I have no doubt that we’ll be okay.” Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline told CNN Saturday. Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training that included land navigation and firearms. For two days, residents of the normally quiet area saw law enforcement officers with long guns surrounding and searching various locations. Card had recently been fired from the recycling center, a law enforcement source told CNN.

Persons: Robert Card, Elizabeth Seal, Joshua Seal, “, ”, Michael Sauschuck, Seal, he’s, ” Rob Young, Bill Young, Aaron, ’, …, ” Young, Tammy Asselin, Tricia Asselin, Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, Joe Raedle, Sauschuck, Card, ” Sauschuck, CNN’s John Miller, Peyton Brewer, Ross, Tommy Conrad, Michael Deslauriers II, Bryan MacFarlane, Arthur Strout, Joseph Walker, Maxx Hathaway, Ron Morin, Aaron Young, Stephen Vozzella, Bob Violette, Billy, Jason Adam Walker, Keith D, Macneir, Lucille M, Violette, Aaron’s, Kayla Putnam, Bill, Putnam, Rob Young, ” “, Robert F, Joshua, ” Seal’s, CNN’s Andy Rose, Raja Razek, Ashley R, Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi Organizations: CNN, US Army, Authorities, Police, Maine Public, Federal, FBI, Media, Schemengees, Lewiston Mayor, Wednesday, Maine Recycling Corporation, Maine Recycling, Violette Maine Department of Public, WCVB, WGME Locations: Maine, United States, Lewiston, Lisbon , Maine, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Auburn, Lisbon, Lisbon Falls , Maine

Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training that included land navigation and firearms. Law enforcement prepare for a search for a gunman who killed 18 people two days ago, in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday. A law enforcement official said Friday that investigators have also recovered a cell phone that belonged to the suspect. The encounters happened 10 days after Card purchased the high-powered rifle at a Maine gun store, law enforcement sources said. A shelter in place sign is displayed in Lewiston, Maine, on October 27, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shooting.

Persons: Robert Card, Michael Sauschuck, Janet Mills, ” Mills, “, –, ”, Tricia Asselin, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ” Tammy Asselin, he’s, Kevin Lamarque, …, Tammy Asselin, Tricia, Joe Biden, ” Biden, trickled, Deborah Roy, CNN she’d, ” Roy, Roy, “, Robert F, Sauschuck, Card, ” Sauschuck, haven’t, CNN’s John Miller, Angela Weiss, “ belligerently, Peyton Brewer, Ross, Tommy Conrad, Michael Deslauriers II, Bryan MacFarlane, Arthur Strout, Joseph Walker, Joshua Seal, Maxx Hathaway, Ron Morin, Bill Young, Aaron Young, Stephen Vozzella, Bob Violette, Billy, Jason Adam Walker, Keith D, Macneir, Lucille M, Violette, Bill, Aaron, Aaron’s, Kayla Putnam, Putnam, “ It’s, ” Putnam, WCVB, Lucille, “ Bob’s, Brandon Dubuc, ” CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, Jamiel Lynch, Jeanne Bonner, Jay Croft, Alaa Elassar, Raja Razek, Mary Kay Mallonee, Michelle Watson Organizations: CNN, Maine Public, Maine Gov, Recreation, Authorities, US Army, Reuters, ”, Law, Getty, Army Reserve, New York State Police, Camp Smith, Army, Card, Ruger, FBI, Violette Maine Department of Public, WBZ Locations: Maine, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls , Maine, –, Lisbon, “, ”, Lewiston , Maine, Auburn, Androscoggin, Cortlandt , New York, Sagadahoc

CNN —For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out. Even on her night off on Wednesday, Asselin was at Just-in-Time, her brother told CNN. He was one the victims lost in the shooting in Maine,” the organization wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. Arthur “Artie” StroutArthur "Artie" Strout Strout family/WBZArthur “Artie” Strout, 42, was at Schemengees during the shooting, his father, Arthur Bernard, told CNN affiliate WBZ. His death has left his family in “shock and profound grief,” his family member Cecile Francoeur Martin told CNN.

Persons: Robert Card, Michael Sauschuck, Tricia Asselin Tricia Asselin, CNN Tricia Asselin, Asselin, I’m, ” DJ Johnson, ”, Johnson, Stephen “ Steve ” Vozzella Stephen Vozzella, Megan Vozzella Stephen Vozzella, Vozzella, Brian L, Renfroe, “, Governor Baxter, Karen Hopkins, ” Vozzella, NEDC, Steve Vozzella, he’d, Peyton Brewer, Ross Peyton Brewer, Ross, CNN Peyton Brewer, Ralph Brewer, Brewer, cornhole, Schemengees . Brewer, Ross “, Elle, Thomas “ Tommy ” Conrad Tommy Conrad, Timothy Conrad Tommy Conrad, Conrad, Michael Deslauriers, Vicki Deslauriers Roy, Michael Deslauriers II, Michael Deslauriers Sr, Deslauriers, ” Deslauriers, ” Jason Walker Jason Walker, Mike Sauschuck, Bryan MacFarlane Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks, MacFarlane, Brooks, Arthur “ Artie ” Strout Arthur, Artie, Strout, WBZ Arthur, Artie ” Strout, Arthur Bernard, Bernard, Joseph “ Joey ” Walker Joseph Walker, CNN Leroy Walker, Joseph Walker, Walker, Joseph, ” Leroy Walker, it’s, ” Joshua Seal Lewiston, Joshua Seal, Seal, Janet Mills, Nirav Shah, Elizabeth Seal, Joshua, ” Seal’s, ” Keith Macneir Keith Macneir, Maxx Hathaway Maxx Hathaway, Kelsay Hathaway, GoFundMe Maxx Hathaway, ” Kelsay Hathaway, “ Brenda, Maxx, Brenda Hathaway, Lilian, Brenda, ” Kelsay, Courtney Hathaway, she’s, he’s, ” Courtney Hathaway, “ Maxx, Robert “ Bob ” Violette Bob Violette, Violette, CNN Bob Violette, “ Bob’s, Brandon Dubuc, ” Witnesses, Cassandra Violette, Lucille Violette Lucille Violette, Bob Violette, William “ Bill ” Young, Aaron Young, Bill Young, Aaron, Kayla Putnam, CNN Bill Young, Young, Putnam, Bill, “ He’s, ” Putnam, WCVB, “ It’s, Rob, ” Rob, Ronald “ Ron ” Morin, Ron Morin, Ron Morin Ron Morin, Cecile Francoeur Martin, Martin, Morin’s, Morin, ” William Frank Brackett William Frank Brackett, CNN’s Caroll Alvarado, Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Afshar, Amanda Jackson, Cara Lynn Clarkson, Aya Elamroussi Organizations: CNN, Public, New, Deaf, National Association of, Carriers, U.S . Postal Service, Governor, Governor Baxter School, Deaf Cornhole, “, Schemengees, WMTW, Facebook, Historical Society, of Public, WBZ, WGME, Tree Society, Maine Gov, Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald, Press Herald, WCVB, Bangor Daily News Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Lisbon Falls, United States, Uvalde , Texas, Lewiston, Maine, Schemengees, Auburn , Maine, “

Seven died Wednesday at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. Here is what we know about some of victims:BILL AND AARON YOUNGBill Young and his 14-year-old son Aaron were shot and killed at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, Bill's brother Rob Young told Reuters. They were out for an evening with their bowling league, Rob Young said. TRICIA ASSELINAsselin was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said.

Persons: Ronald Morin, Peyton Brewer, Ross, Joshua Seal, Bryan MacFarlane, Joseph Walker, Arthur Strout, Maxx Hathaway, Stephen Vozzella, Thomas Conrad, Michael Deslauriers II, Jason Walker, Tricia Asselin, Bill Young, Aaron Young, Bob Violette, Lucille Violette, William Brackett, Keith McNeir, AARON, Aaron, Bill's, Rob Young, TRICIA ASSELIN Asselin, DJ Johnson, Asselin, Johnson, JOSEPH WALKER, Walker, Leroy Walker, Joseph, Joey, BRYAN MACFARLANE, Kevin Lamarque, MacFarlane, Keri Brooks, Brooks, LUCY VIOLETTE Bob Violette, Cassandra Violette, Lucy, MICHAEL DESLAURIERS, JASON WALKER Deslauriers II, Michael Deslauriers Sr, Deslauriers, PEYTON BREWER, ROSS, Brewer, cornhole, STEPHEN VOZZELLA Vozzella, Schemengees, Vozzella, Cornhole, Steve Vozzella, Gabriella Borter, Sharon Bernstein, Eric Cox, Colleen Jenkins Organizations: Seven, Authorities, Reuters, CNN, Schemengees, REUTERS, Sears, Sun Journal, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Bath Iron, IAM, National Association of, New, Thomson Locations: LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Schemengees, Baltimore, Lewiston, Auburn , Maine, Lisbon Falls , Maine, U.S, Maine, Bath , Maine, New England, Sacramento , California

LEWISTON, Maine, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead of a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, ending a 48-hour manhunt that followed the most lethal episode of gun violence in the state's history. "He is dead," Maine Governor Janet Mills told a news conference, thanking the hundreds of officers from various agencies involved in the search. Card died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Mike Sauschuck, Maine's Department of Public Safety commissioner. [1/6]Maine's Governor Janet Mills holds a news conference after Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 27, 2023. Nine deaf people were playing in a weekly tournament at Schemengees, the sister of one of the victims told the Lewiston Sun Journal.

Persons: Robert R, Janet Mills, Robert Card, Mills, Card, Mike Sauschuck, Kevin Lamarque, Sauschuck, Joshua Seal, Noel Sullivan, Seal, Sullivan, Stephen Vozella, Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks, Bill Young, Aaron, Bill's, Rob Young, Bob Violette, Lucille Violette, Cassandra Violette, Tricia Asselin, Joseph Walker, Leroy Walker, Joey, Gabriella Borter, Julia Harte, Rich McKay, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Mark Porter, Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio, Leslie Adler, William Malard, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Maine's Department of Public, U.S . Army, Maine State Police, Army, Lewiston, REUTERS, Authorities, Lewiston Sun, Pine Tree Society, Sun Journal, New, Deaf Cornhole, Reuters, Thomson Locations: LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Lisbon Falls, Maine, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Portland, Maine's, Augusta, Bowdoin, Saco , Maine, U.S, Lisbon, Schemengees, Pine, New York, Atlanta

☆ Maine Shooting Victims: A Father and Son Out for a Bowling Night, a Bar Employee
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Gabriella Borter and Sharon BernsteinLEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - A father and his teenage son out for a night of bowling and a bar employee at his place of work were among those killed in shooting attacks in Lewiston, Maine, family members said on Thursday. Seven died at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. TRICIA ASSELINTricia Asselin, 53, was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part-time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said. (Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Lewiston, Maine, and Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Writing by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Jonathan Oatis)

Persons: Gabriella Borter, Sharon Bernstein, Seven, AARON, Bill Young, Aaron, Bill's, Rob Young, TRICIA ASSELIN Tricia Asselin, DJ Johnson, Asselin, Johnson, JOSEPH WALKER An, Joseph Walker, Leroy Walker, Walker, Colleen Jenkins, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: . Police, Reuters, CNN, MSNBC Locations: Sharon Bernstein LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Schemengees, Baltimore, Lewiston, Auburn , Maine, Sacramento , California

LEWISTON, Maine, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A father and his teenage son out for a night of bowling and a bar employee at his place of work were among those killed in shooting attacks in Lewiston, Maine, family members said on Thursday. Seven died at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. TRICIA ASSELINTricia Asselin, 53, was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part-time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said. Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Lewiston, Maine, and Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Writing by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Seven, AARON, Bill Young, Aaron, Bill's, Rob Young, TRICIA ASSELIN Tricia Asselin, DJ Johnson, Asselin, Johnson, JOSEPH WALKER An, Joseph Walker, Leroy Walker, Walker, Gabriella Borter, Sharon Bernstein, Colleen Jenkins, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: . Police, Reuters, CNN, MSNBC, Thomson Locations: LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Schemengees, Baltimore, Lewiston, Auburn , Maine, Sacramento , California

☆ 'This bill does end the payment pause': What the debt ceiling deal means for student loan borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"This bill does end the payment pause," Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a press briefing . It also comes with a condition that the student loan payment pause end after August 30. As Young stated, the debt ceiling bill will lift the payment pause at the end of August. She highlighted that some Republicans wanted to eliminate the possibility of student loan forgiveness as part of debt ceiling negotiations. "Even though [the] House Republicans' bill sought to do away with [debt forgiveness], we saved it in this bill," Young said.

Persons: Shalanda Young, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Young, Biden, Education Miguel Cardona, they're Organizations: Management, Education, Spectrum, House Republicans

☆ Meet the tech influencers who LinkedIn is paying to be part of its second creator accelerator program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

LinkedIn recently launched its second paid creator accelerator program for tech influencers. The second accelerator program plans to offer more networking opportunities and content analytics. LinkedIn has chosen 120 influencers to be part of its second US creator accelerator program, which offers financial grants, as well as access to workshops, coaches, and resources. "We really wanted to home in on creators within that space," said LinkedIn senior creator manager Jessica Oliveira, who added that technology is the number one industry for content creators on the platform. Based on feedback from participants in LinkedIn's first US creator accelerator program, the program plans on offering more content analytics features to show how creators' content performs over time, as well as more networking opportunities for creators.

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