A pro-life conservative who used to work as a lawyer for what is now Alliance Defending Freedom is now the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mike Johnson, 51, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, won more than the 217 votes needed to become speaker a little before 2 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, October 25.
One of the best high girls' cross country runners in Maine is a male.
Soren Stark-Chessa, a sophomore at Maine Coast Waldorf School, recently won the Southern Maine Class C Regional meet. Stark-Chessa came in first place out of 83 competitors at the October 20 meet, according to Athletic.net. Class C features the smallest schools of the three divisions in the Maine Principal's Association in girls' cross country.