The president aims to provide money to cities that need more police and crack down on gun violence and those supplying illegal firearms.

Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, the pop star condemns her father and others in charge of the conservatorship that controls her life and money.

As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility that has been rocked by abuse allegations from years past

Hours earlier, a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of the 75-year-old tycoon's extradition to the United States to face tax-related criminal charges that could carry decades in prison.

Staffing is an issue throughout the state and nationally.

Work progressing on the $100+ million dollar project.

The two cities are still in the planning stages of how to spend a combined $34 million in federal relief funding, but proposals include infrastructure items like sewer upgrades in Lewiston, and new housing and a bike park in Auburn.

Jackie McLean spoke to Rolling Stone and released an album about her experience, which her father dismissed.

The district paid $50,000 to settle a case brought by a former student who accused a former Kennebunk High School teacher of sexual assault.

The new law requires current commissioners to put it before voters on Nov. 2.

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan reflect a banking-industry culture that prizes in-person meetings to carve out deals.

The cases against those charged in the deadly siege are slowly advancing, even as the Department of Justice and the courthouse in Washington, D.C., struggle under the weight of roughly 500 federal arrests across the U.S.

Jake Langlais said he partially tore his ACL and will be at the June 30 school committee meeting.

The highly transmissible strain already is taxing hospitals in a rural, lightly vaccinated part of Missouri and caseloads and hospitalizations are on the rise in places such as Nevada, Arkansas and Utah.

The settlement calls for refunds to people who paid money or gave contributions to obtain a product known as Silver Solution in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It rules that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, they cannot always enter a residence without a warrant if a suspect enters.

Law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services spent hours responding to calls during a recent event at Barnyard All Terrain.

The case concerned the suspension of a girl who, in a vulgar social media post, expressed disappointment over not making the cheerleading team.

Buffett, 90, has begun stepping away from his leadership role at Berkshire Hathaway, as well as positions on other corporate boards.

Britain's Ministry of Defense said the Russian vessels shadowed the passage of the HMS Defender but that no shots were fired.

The Maine CDC has reported 20 or fewer cases for three consecutive days, but the agency's director said the delta variant could undermine progress on vaccinations.

One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.

Regional School Unit 9 directors held a first reading on a policy for evaluating a superintendent in the wake of former Superintendent Tina Meserve's resignation following a no-confidence vote by staff in 2020.

Mayor Jason Levesque called the study results "the dawn of a new era in Auburn."

'The amount of information you can get from people’s conversations online – it’s insane,' says a supervisor police detective in Newport, R.I.

Over the decades, the federal institutions forced hundreds of thousands of children from their families and communities.

FBI numbers show nearly twice as many gun sales were prevented in 2020 as in the year before – although there was still a surge of firearm sales.

The term nonbinary can be used to describe people who do not identify exclusively as male or female, and some nonbinary people use they/them pronouns.

Airlines and unions for flight attendants and pilots sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department on Monday urging 'that more be done to deter egregious behavior.'

A jury convicted Clifton Thomas on multiple felonies and misdemeanors stemming from two incidents involving the same Lewiston woman.

Skateboarders take to the air between rain showers Tuesday afternoon.

Thirteen Democrats and two Republicans engaged in a last effort to rally supporters Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in the first citywide election to use ranked choice voting.

The congressional candidate has filed a petition for a permanent restraining order against her competitor, who tells a court he opposes the injunction.

It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized domain names of sites it accuses of spreading propaganda.

The Auburn farm is holding a five-day camp for kids of all ages to learn how to ride and take care of horses.

South African opera star Pretty Yende is starring in 'La Sonnambula' at the Paris theatre and flew into the city on Monday.

Dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners said in a statement that the company is disappointed by such claims from groups that want dams removed in lower Kennebec River communities.

The 3-year-old boy was taken by a family member to the hospital in Belfast, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday.

The crash was reported about noon at Littlefield Road and Route 196.

The total cost of the project is estimated at $14 million.

Say what you want about the archaic nature of phone books, but with one of them, I found exactly what I was looking for in about six seconds.

The lumber market shows that basic economic laws are reasserting themselves amid the nation's sometimes clumsy economic reopening.

Maine’s senators split their votes on the measure, with independent Angus King voting to proceed on the bill, and Susan Collins, a Republican, voting against proceeding.

Two young women from Phillips and Wilton meet for lunch; two children from Phillips and Bangor play at a playground.

Taking a "big leap of faith," Nelson is departing Maine for the warmer winters of Florida.

Median sales and prices were both up 28% over the same month last year.

Legislators back ban on release of latex balloons in Maine in bid to protect wildlife and prevent litter.

The delta variant, first identified in India, has come to represent more than 20% of coronavirus infections in the U.S. in the last 2 weeks.