AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Forest Service rangers will receive an award for their video about protecting property from wildfires. The rangers will receive a Telly Award today for their video, “Defensible Space: It could save your home from a wildfire.” Telly Awards honor film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials and outstanding local, regional and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Mount Vernon man authorities say showed a “complete disregard” for Maine hunting rules has pleaded not guilty to a long list of alleged violations. The Kennebec Journal reports that Joseph Deleskey pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 16 felony counts charging him with possession of firearm by a prohibited person, as well […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — A male sperm whale has been towed to an offshore dock near the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. The seaside college says the whale, which is more than 40 feet long and 20 to 30 years old, was found dead and floating off of Schoodic Point by a local […]

BOSTON (AP) — A study off the Massachusetts coast has concluded that increasing amounts of underwater noise, largely from shipping traffic, is surrounding rare right whales in an “acoustic smog,” making it harder for them to communicate. The endangered North Atlantic right whale relies far more on sound than sight, using distinctive noises to maintain […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The attorney for a Maine shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a submarine said lawyers are discussing a “potential resolution” that would avoid the need for a grand jury indictment, according to court papers. Prosecutors say Casey James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth, N.H., confessed […]

KAMRA, Pakistan (AP) — A team of nine Taliban militants attacked a Pakistani air force base with suspected links to the country’s nuclear program before dawn today, killing a security official in a heavy battle that ended with the insurgents dead and parts of the base in flames, officials said. The attack on the base […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government airstrikes on a residential neighborhood in a rebel-held town killed more than 40 people and wounded at least 100 others including many women and children, international watchdog Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes on the town of Azaz in northern Syria a day earlier leveled the better part of […]

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A landslide at a gold mine in a remote corner of northeast Congo has left at least 60 people dead, a local administrator said today. Faustin Drakana Kananga told The Associated Press that the accident took place Monday in Pangoyi, but rescue efforts have been hampered because the dense jungle area […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Should you let your child fly alone? Parents may wonder after a couple alleged this week that their 10-year-old daughter flying to summer camp was stranded at one of the world’s busiest airports after United Airlines failed to keep track of her. The girl ultimately made it to camp safely. But […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded when insurgents launched attacks in central and northern Iraq today, the latest wave of scattered but persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government’s authority. More than 100 people have been killed in violence across the country since the start of August, showing that […]