AUGUSTA (AP) — Authorities say at least one person has been injured in an early morning apartment fire in Augusta. The two-alarm fire on Cedar Court was reported at about 5:45 a.m. today. WMTW-TV reports that when firefighters arrived at the five-unit building, they had to rescue a man from the second floor. That man […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A study of Gulf of Maine shallow-water habitats by the federal government finds that sand and gravel habitats are used the most by fish and invertebrate species in the gulf. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the report, which tracked 16 species in different life stages and habitats. The report is […]

SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — Police in Skowhegan are looking for a knife-wielding, masked man who robbed a convenience store. Police tell the Morning Sentinel the man entered the Irving Circle K store on Madison Avenue at about 2:15 a.m. Monday and made off with money from the register and the clerk’s car keys. The car […]

DONETSK, Ukraine The eastern city of Donetsk was in turmoil today a day after government forces used fighter jets to stop pro- Russia separatists from taking over the airport. Dozens were reported killed and the mayor went on television to urge residents to stay indoors. The city of 1 million was engulfed by fighting Monday […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached “a pivotal moment” in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching. Obama, who returned just hours earlier from a surprise visit with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, paid tribute to those lost in […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Call them the fortunate ones: Nearly 4,000 California companies, farms and others are allowed to use free water with little oversight when the state is so bone dry that deliveries to nearly everyone else have been severely slashed. Their special status dates back to claims made more than a century ago […]