HONG KONG — Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong warned Wednesday that if the territory’s leader doesn’t resign by the end of Thursday they will step up their actions, including occupying several important government buildings. By raising the stakes in the standoff, the protest leaders are risking another round of confrontation with the […]

NEW YORK — A sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after a brief court appearance on allegations she threatened to “put a bomb” on a perceived romantic rival. Ailina Tsarnaeva, 24, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was held on aggravated harassment charges. She is accused of threatening a woman […]

FRANKFORD, Del. — The group of mostly Spanish-speaking teenage boys with styled spiky hair and high-top sneakers enthusiastically pecks away on hand-held tablets at the G.W. Carver Education Center, pausing to alert the teacher when stumped. “If you don’t know what you’re supposed to write on the line, look at my examples, OK?” she tells […]

PORTLAND — Independent governor’s race candidate Eliot Cutler accused Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday of leaving taxpayers on the hook for $15.9 million over seven years with a failed deal that aimed to save a pulp and paper manufacturer that recently filed for bankruptcy. Cutler said that LePage negotiated a bad deal with Portsmouth, […]

WELLS — The Town of Wells recently entered into a new cable franchise agreement with Time Warner Cable. The 15-year agreement, which was negotiated over several months, replaces one reached in 1996 with former cable provider TCI, which expired in 2006. Through the new agreement, funds could be provided to purchase equipment for students in […]

The office of U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has announced its constituent outreach hours for the beginning of October: ”¢ Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, 2-4 p.m., Oct. 7 ”¢ Waterboro Town Hall, 24 Townhouse Road, 10 a.m. to noon, Oct. 8 ”¢ Saco City Hall, 300 Main St., 10 a.m. to noon, Oct. […]

DALLAS — The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. has been confirmed in a man who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas, sending chills through the area’s West African community whose leaders urged caution to prevent spreading the virus. The unidentified man was critically ill and has been in isolation at Texas Health […]