SPOKANE, Wash. The leader of the NAACP in Spokane is facing calls to step aside after her parents said the 37-year-old activist falsely portrayed herself as black for years. Rachel Dolezal canceled a chapter meeting today where she was expected to speak about the furor sparked over her racial identity. But other members of the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Sen. Angus King wants to allow U. S. businesses to export their goods to Cuba. King and Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas have introduced a bill that would re-open trade with Cuba. The independent senator said that American businesses and the Cuban people have suffered because of the “ antiquated […]

BANGOR (AP) — More than 900 Vietnam veterans are expected to attend a welcome home ceremony at the Cross Center in Maine. Officials at the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services say the Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home ceremony is part of the state’s ongoing recognition of Vietnam veterans. The state is working with the Bangor Troop […]

GREENVILLE (AP) — Maine officials are readying their response plans in the event of an oil train accident. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, public safety agencies and railroad officials will participate in training this month to practice the procedures and equipment they use to clean up an oil spill from rail tank cars. The […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — Police say a 25-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained after falling off the deck of a bar. WCSH reports that Mark Boynton of Rockland fell about 17 feet to the pavement below the deck at the Out Pub on Main Street in Rockland. Police say Boynton reportedly was attempting to […]

NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — Federal fishery regulators will consider habitat protections to key fishing grounds during a meeting in Rhode Island. The New England Fishery Management Council is meeting in Newport, Rhode Island, from Tuesday through Thursday. The board is continuing a discussion of habitat protections that it began during its April meeting. The […]

DEDHAM (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old was sent to the hospital after a three-car crash near Bangor. Authorities say a pickup truck rear-ended the teen’s vehicle Sunday on Route 1A in Dedham while he was waiting to turn left into the Lucerne Inn. The vehicle spun out of control and hit another pickup traveling […]

DALLAS James Boulware told family members that he had foreseen a deadly Japanese tsunami and the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting in his dreams. Police say he choked his mother. And he seethed at police, blaming them for the lost custody of his son. Boulware, the man authorities have linked to a weekend shooting outside Dallas […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Classes are resuming in the rural school district located near the northern New York prison where two convicted murderers escaped more than a week ago. Officials at the Saranac Central School District say classes will be held today after being called off last Thursday and Friday while hundreds of law enforcement […]