Cornerstone UM Church, 20 Jenkins Road, Saco is holding a Christmas Pageant & Pot Luck on Dec. 20 at 4:30 p.m. and a Christmas Eve Candle Light Service on Dec. 24 at 5 p.m. First Parish Congregational Church, U.C.C., at the corner of Beach and Main streets, Saco, will hold a service on Wednesday, Jan. […]

The goal of The Atlantic’s recent LGBT Summit was to gather a flock of politicos, artists, activists and scribes to discuss the “Unfinished Business” of queer culture, after a historic win for gays at the U.S. Supreme Court. The summit’s final speaker was Andrew Sullivan, the British-born, HIV-positive, prolific Catholic whose trailblazing online journalism helped […]

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces backed by U.S. air strikes pushed back a Taliban onslaught Thursday in a strategically important district in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials said. Sangin district had been besieged by the insurgents for weeks before an uptick in the ferocity of the fight this week sparked concerns it could […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s lion hunting industry faces new restrictions as a result of the decision this week by the U.S. government to protect African lions under the Endangered Species Act, according to conservationists. Under the new provisions, American hunters bringing home lion trophies will need a permit, which will only be issued if […]

LONDON (AP) — A car has smashed into a Costa coffee shop in Britain, leaving one woman dead and five other people injured. The car hit the front of the cafe Thursday morning in Westerham, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of London. Officials say four of the injuries are serious. Photos of the crash posted […]