NEW YORK — The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said today. The decision to investigate was made after U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican, wrote FBI Director Robert Mueller demanding an investigation, […]

A Bar Harbor hotel guest reported his car was an apparent target of vandalism.

FRANKFORT — State police have arrested a Maine woman on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child after a dog killed her child in the town of Frankfurt. Twenty-nine-year-old Katrina Mitchell was arrested at her home Wednesday night. The charge was filed after consulting with the District Attorney’s Office. Her daughter, 7-month-old Annabelle […]

Georges Bank haddock, Atlantic pollock and spiny dogfish are now at healthy levels, NOAA says.

BANGOR — A 26-year-old Mexican national is going to prison for 15 months for entering the U.S. after being deported and fraudulently using another person’s Social Security number. Cesar Benitez-Salazar was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. He pleaded guilty in March. According to court records, Benitez-Salazar gave police a Maine identification card […]

Peter Rogers replaces Dan Demeritt, who resigned in April after his personal financial problems became public.