WELLS (AP) — A Maine woman is giving thanks to one of former President George H.W. Bush’s sons for coming to her rescue. Shirley Polinger had six passengers on board her boat when her engine conked out Saturday between Kennebunkport and Wells. She tells the Portland Press Herald she flagged down a passing boat that […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal railroad officials say they’ll be in Maine this week to inspect tracks belonging to the railroad involved in a runaway train that killed dozens of people and leveled much of a small Quebec town’s downtown. U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree said Monday that the FRA will inspect the Montreal, […]

INDIAN ISLAND (AP) — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant to help the Penobscot Nation create an updated dictionary of the tribal language. The University of Maine, Penobscot Nation and American Philosophical Society aim to create a comprehensive printed version of the Penobscot Dictionary, complete with an English index and searchable […]

LEWISTON (AP) — Police say the 80-year-old passenger in a car involved in a head-on crash in Lewiston last weekend has died. A police spokesman says Charlene McKeen of Sabattus died at a hospital on Sunday of injuries sustained in the crash on Route 196 at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. McKeen was a passenger in […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is honoring some Maine veterans for their leadership and dedication to serving other veterans. LePage gave World War II veterans Arnold Leavitt of Augusta and Estol “Mac” McClintock of Wellington the “Outstanding Veteran of the Year” awards last week. His office says the certificates are given to veterans […]

WASHINGTON Senators prepared for a potentially rancorous day today — even by recent standards of partisan unpleasantness — as Democratic leaders threatened to change filibuster rules to stop Republicans from blocking White House nominees for top executive jobs. Several Senate votes were scheduled to test whether Republicans will allow simple majority confirmations of a handful […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain teen. His commentary marked a rare public reflection on race from the nation’s first black president. But now, with the acquittal of the […]

MIAMI (AP) — One of the jurors in George Zimmerman’s murder trial says three of the six jurors initially wanted to acquit him while the other three wanted to convict him of either murder or manslaughter. The six-woman jury ultimately voted to acquit Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was charged […]

BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger’s lawyers have submitted a new, pareddown witness list for his racketeering trial. Bulger’s lawyers had submitted a list with the names of more than 80 potential witnesses. Their new list, filed early today, contains 37 names. It includes a man who was wrongly convicted in a gangland slaying because […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court as her attorneys ask the judge to vacate the jury’s decision that the 2008 killing of her boyfriend was “especially cruel,” a finding that allowed the panel to consider the death penalty. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder May 8 in the stabbing and shooting death of […]