PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine woman who became a national figure in the fight to help survivors of military sexual assault has learned that she will receive $405,000 in retroactive disability benefits. Ruth Moore says she was told Thursday by a VA representative that the department had made a “clear and unmistakable error” in denying […]

BANGOR (AP) — A judge is expected to issue a verdict in the case of a Maine woman charged with killing her husband in a jealous rage. The verdict in the case of Roxanne Jeskey of Bangor is scheduled for 1 p.m. today. Police say Jeskey used weapons that included a box cutter, plastic baseball […]

BANGOR (AP) — Maine Democrats are gathering in Bangor to rally support behind their candidates. The Democratic convention begins today at the Cross Insurance Center, where Republicans met last month. Today, party activists will hear from 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree. But most of the action will take place on Saturday. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Southern Maine Faculty Senate says it has identified more than $5 million in potential academic cuts needed to counter an administrative plan that would have laid off a dozen faculty members. The Portland Press Herald reported Thursday that the majority of the savings would come from faculty agreeing to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler has turned in more than 5,500 signatures to qualify for the November ballot. On Thursday, Cutler delivered the signatures of Maine voters to the Secretary of State’s office, where they will now be reviewed. Cutler is in a three-person race with Republican Gov. Paul LePage and […]

FARMINGTON (AP) — Police say a second-grader in Maine has been charged with terrorizing another student for brandishing a jackknife while threatening a younger boy. RSU 9 Superintendent Tom Ward told the Sun Journal that the incident happened Tuesday morning on a bus on the way to the Mallett School in Farmington. He says the […]

OXON HILL, Md. When the confetti flew, the two boys stood in the center of the stage and shook hands. They held up the trophy together. Both were champions, a Spelling Bee finish unseen in more than half a century. After all, it wouldn’t have seemed right for one of them to finish second. Sriram […]

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Massachusetts man with obstructing the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings. Twenty- three- year- old Khairullozhon Matanov is charged with destroying, altering and falsifying records in a federal investigation, and with making false statements in a federal investigation. Matanov is a Kyrgyzstan national who lives in Quincy. […]

WASHINGTON Support for embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki eroded quickly Thursday, especially among congressional Democrats facing tough re-election campaigns, even as Shinseki continued to fight for his job amid allegations of delayed medical care and misconduct at VA facilities nationwide. Shinseki spoke privately with lawmakers and met with nearly two dozen veterans groups, assuring […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he plans to have a “serious conversation” with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. Obama says he will ask Shinseki whether he is “prepared and has the capacity” to fix sweeping problems in the VA’s nationwide health care system. The president […]