HOSN, Syria — The Crac des Chevaliers once held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin some 900 years ago, but today bears the wounds of modern warfare: heavy artillery damaged its walls, an airstrike punctured its roof and shrapnel tore through its religious artifacts. From its towering hilltop perch in western Syria, the […]

CONCORD, N.H. — A Senate committee on Tuesday proposed phasing out a tax on hospitals that was the subject of two lawsuits, an idea that seeks to solve the dispute and reduce the impact on the state budget. Senate President Chuck Morse presented the proposal to the Ways and Means Committee, which voted 5-0 to […]

WATERBORO — Democratic Sen. John Tuttle of Sanford will hold office hours on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Waterways Coffee Shop in Waterboro, which is located at 816 Main Street. “The 126th Legislative session has officially ended and a number of important bills have been passed into law,” said Tuttle. […]

WASHINGTON — Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says. Climate change’s assorted harms “are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond,” the National Climate […]

SACO — A free, homebuyer information session will be held at the Saco Fire Station on Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m. Real estate agents, lenders, legal professionals and an inspector will all be present to outline the process to buying a home.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say they are questioning an American after U.S. authorities said an FBI agent had been arrested. Pakistani police officer Rao Anwaar declined to say Wednesday whether the detained American was the FBI agent. Anwaar says investigators haven’t received any written evidence proving the man worked for the U.S. […]

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT — Exhausted and worn out from a year-long siege, hundreds of Syrian rebels on Wednesday left their sole remaining bastions in the central city of Homs under a ceasefire deal struck last week with government forces, opposition activists and the city’s governor said. The exit of some 1,200 fighters […]