PORTLAND (AP) — New restrictions might be proposed for southern New England’s lobster fishery as it deals with a steep decline in population. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering ways to save the lobsters and might cast a vote on Thursday. A report from the commission says that one way to slow the […]

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Maine-based retailer L.L. Bean is set to open the doors of its first Rhode Island location at the Garden City Center in Cranston. The company says the new L.L. Bean store debuts Aug. 12 at the massive shopping center, which opened seven years ago and boasts 500,000 square feet of retail, […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to a Maine laboratory that will help fund the second phase of a project mapping the genome of lab mice. The Portland Press Herald reports the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor will receive a total of $28.3 million over five years to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Bicyclists who are peddling more than 300 miles from Calais to Portland will stop in Maine’s capital city. The 17 bicyclists are cycling on the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile trail route that goes from the Canadian border to Key West, Florida. Maine Department of Transportation officials say the tour will reach […]

BELFAST (AP) — A Maine teenager charged with fatally stabbing his father is due in court for a plea hearing. The boy was 16 years old when he was charged in the fatal stabbing of 49-year-old Steven Hodgdon of Troy in their home in March 2015. The hearing is scheduled for Friday. The boy’s attorney, […]

BRIDGTON (AP) — Maine game wardens have recovered the body of a 19-year-old man who they say fell from a pontoon boat into Long Lake in Bridgton. Wardens say the body of Jesse Nicholas Cardone, of from Hollis Center, was located in 42 feet of water using a side-scan radar early Thursday evening. Police say […]

WASHINGTON After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department figures show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United States. That’s more than what occurred during the entire seven […]

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama vigorously denies that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters. “This wasn’t some nefarious deal,” Obama said during a news […]

SEATTLE Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant’s own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process. The latest push to speed delivery of its products comes as the company ships an increasing number of packages worldwide. Amazon’s […]

WASHINGTON Young Americans are divided over Hillary Clinton’s handling of her email account while she was secretary of state, with most young whites saying she intentionally broke the law and young people of color more likely to give Clinton the benefit of the doubt. The new GenForward poll of young Americans age 18- 30 also […]