PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia’s weeklong transit strike is over. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the union representing about 4,700 transit workers announced a tentative agreement early Monday. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Board Chairman Pasquale Deon said it is a fair deal that provides “wage increases, pension improvements, and maintains health care coverage levels while addressing rising […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Town officials see an opportunity if the owner of Scarbrough Downs succeeds in selling the harness-racing track and property in Maine. The Maine Sunday Telegram reports that a contract with investors seeking to bring a casino to the site expired last month. Andrew Ingalls, the listing broker, believes the 483-acre property could […]

SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Maine officials say a juvenile has died while being detained at the Long Creek Youth Development Center. The incident was reported Friday as part of the attorney general’s protocol for deaths involving the Department of Corrections. Spokesman Tim Feeley said the state medical examiner has been asked to “determine time, date, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The last of three men charged in a drug-related killing in Biddeford, Maine, has pleaded guilty. The trial of John Lopez was scheduled to start Friday in Superior Court in Portland. The Old Orchard Beach man was charged in the killing of Charles Raybine, who was shot multiple times in the head […]

MEDFORD (AP) — The Maine Warden Service is using dog teams on the ground and helicopters in the air to search for a missing Medford woman. Wardens say 71-year-old Diana Estey is believed to have gone missing sometime around Wednesday. She was last seen on Monday. Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service said […]

MONHEGAN ISLAND (AP) — A small group called Project Monhegan hopes to derail testing of two full-scale floating wind turbines 2? miles off the island. The group says the Aqua Ventus pilot project would do “irreparable harm” to the island community that’s 10 miles offshore, and it’s asking the University of Maineled consortium that’s developing […]

CUSHING, Okla. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central Oklahoma city, rendering century-old buildings unsafe and raising concerns about key infrastructure. Cushing Assistant City Manager Jeremy Frazier told a news conference late Sunday that a few minor injuries were […]

WASHINGTON FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a letter sent Sunday that a review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails has “not changed our conclusions” from earlier this year that she should not face charges. Sent just two days before Election Day, the letter appeared to resolve any lingering ambiguity over the prospect that […]

WASHINGTON The FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation has created more turmoil for the bureau than any other matter in recent history, exposing internal tensions with the Justice Department and stirring concerns the famously apolitical organization unnecessarily injected itself into the campaign. The FBI for decades has prided itself on being both independent […]