PORTLAND Lawyers for Gov. Paul LePage and Attorney General Janet Mills on Thursday took the latest clash between the two political foes to the state’s Supreme Judicial Court, which heard oral arguments on whether the governor should be allowed to hire outside counsel without Mills’ approval. The court proceeding represents the latest salvo in the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Republicans and Democrats are teaming up in an effort to criminalize so-called “revenge porn.” The bill introduced by House Republican Leader Ken Fredette of Newport seeks to ban the dissemination of someone’s intimate photos and videos online without their consent. He says it’s often done to exact revenge on a former […]

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Skowhegan man who called himself the “Black Ninja” in a taunting note left behind at the scene of a burglary, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Jonathan Strickland was sentenced this week after being found guilty of two counts of burglary and two counts of theft in connection with […]

BANGOR (AP) — A police detective says he found a pink sweatshirt believed to belong to a Glenburn murder victim while investigating the girl’s disappearance. In court Thursday, Detective Scott Bryant said he and a game warden collected the sweatshirt as evidence while investigating 15-year-old Nichole Cable’s disappearance. Bryant is testifying in the trial of […]

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. A Minnesota band camp is giving baby boomers and younger musicians a chance to prove they are never too old to rock and roll. Since 2009, Rock Camp for Dads has allowed hundreds of dads — and moms — to unleash their inner Jimi Hendrix without the hassle and costs of […]

LONDON British spy agencies are facing questions about how a young Londoner who was on their radar as part of terrorist investigations was able to travel to Syria and become the knife-wielding masked militant known as “Jihadi John.” Officials have identified the man shown in hostagebeheading videos as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwait-born computer science graduate […]

INDIANAPOLIS On the outside, the metal box looks like an oversized bread container. But what’s inside could save an abandoned newborn’s life. The box is actually a newborn incubator, or baby box, and it could be showing up soon at Indiana hospitals, fire stations, churches and selected nonprofits under legislation that would give mothers in […]