Traumatized residents board government buses, and Syrian President Bashar Assad says, ‘History is being made.’
December 2016
New Hampshire man accused of trying to move ambulance blocking his car
Emergency workers heard the ‘beeping’ sound of the ambulance backing up and called police.
Interactive: See where (and when) Maine drivers hit moose in 2016
There were 305 car crashes involving moose throughout Maine in the year ending Sept. 1, 2016.
Maine employers given extra time to comply with new state overtime pay standard
The Department of Labor will use the delay to help businesses understand how Maine’s minimum wage increase affects the OT threshold.
Poland gun shop owner says he sold shotgun used in Hebron slaying-suicide
Joe Cimino says he wouldn’t have sold the gun to Daniel Randall if he’d known about Randall’s recent stay at an alcohol recovery facility.
Gorham fifth-grader dies from injuries suffered in Monday crash
The accident also killed Paige Piawlock’s father and injured her sister, mother and a family friend.
Obama signs bill to strengthen U.S. security along Canadian border
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are cosponsors of the bill.
California becomes first state to adopt energy-efficiency rules for computers
The regulations promise to reduce power consumed by computers by about one-third.
U.S. average 30-year mortgage rate rises to 4.16 percent
Long-term mortgage rates have climbed for seven straight weeks, since the election.