PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s mayor is extending an olive branch to city councilors after many criticized him last month over his criticism of a land deal. The Portland Press Herald reports Mayor Ethan Strimling left an actual olive branch on the dais for each councilor during an inauguration ceremony Monday for two new councilors. Strimling […]

EDDINGTON (AP) — The Maine medical examiner’s office says an 8- year-old Eddington boy died by hanging. Mark Belserene, the administrator for the office, says it was undetermined on Tuesday whether the death of Isaiah Perry was accidental. Isaiah died on Nov. 23. Belserene tells the Portland Press Herald there is no definite indication of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The attorney for a Maine man charged with supplying alcohol to an 11-year-old girl before he allegedly assaulted her sexually says her client isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. The Kennebec Journal reports attorney Sherry Tash on Monday said 22-year-old Travis Gerrier, most recently of Dixmont and Carmel, has issues with low […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland City Council has approved a new contract with the city’s largest union that will increase wages by $1.1 million over the next three years. The Portland Press Herald reports the agreement with roughly 500 workers in the City Employee Benefits Association was approved Monday and provides annual increases of 2 […]

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Authorities say a Maine woman and her 4-year-old son were hospitalized in serious condition after a police officer pulled them from a burning mobile home. Skowhegan police Officer Timothy Williams entered the home Friday night and found 24-year-old Andrea Curtis and her son, Tyler Curtis-Benson, in the living room. Curtis was taken […]

WASHINGTON On issues of national security and intelligence, no one is likely to have more influence in Donald Trump’s White House than retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn. Yet Flynn, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, has gained prominence in Republican politics by fueling conspiracy theories and Islamophobic rhetoric that critics warn could create serious distractions — […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. President- elect Donald Trump promised to “heal our divisions and unify our country” as he prepares to meet with some of the victims of last week’s car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University. “ When Americans are unified there is nothing we cannot do — nothing,” Trump told the crowd at a rally Tuesday […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. The white man who authorities said wanted to start a race war by killing nine black people in a South Carolina church is getting ready to stand trial in a city already bruised by a former police officer’s racially charged murder trial that ended in a hung jury. Jury selection and opening statements […]

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii Surprise, fear, anger and pride overcame Jim Downing as Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor. Then a newlywed sailor, he recalled a Japanese plane flying low and slow in his direction as he rushed to his battleship from his home after hearing explosions and learning of the attack on the radio. “When he […]

LAS VEGAS On the theory that a driver who knows when a red light will turn green is more relaxed and aware, vehicle manufacturer Audi is unveiling this week in Las Vegas a technology that enables vehicles to “read” traffic signals ahead and tell the motorist how long the wait will be. It’s a simple […]