PORTLAND (AP) — Maine U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are among a group of more than 80 lawmakers who are calling for improved mail service by reforming the U.S. Postal Service. The reform drive is led by U.S. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat, and Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican. The lawmakers […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The chief of Maine’s state police says state troopers will be on the lookout this Thanksgiving for texting drivers and those not wearing seat belts. The message from Col. Robert Williams follows a rash of fatal crashes earlier this month. Williams says the four-day Thanksgiving weekend has traditionally been a deadly one on Maine […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has immunity from civil rights lawsuits and can’t be sued for threatening to withhold state discretionary funding from a nonprofit that had offered a job to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. A majority opinion by a three-judge panel […]

MOSUL, Iraq — An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday “disabled” the fourth bridge on the Tigris River in Mosul, leaving the northern Iraqi city with a single functioning bridge, according to the Iraqi military and the Islamic State’s media arm. The Aamaq news agency gave no details on the airstrike, the second to […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a blow to the Obama administration’s labor-law plans, a federal court has blocked the start of a rule that would have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay heading into the holiday season. As a result of Tuesday’s ruling, overtime changes set to take effect […]