COLUMBUS, Ohio Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured 11 people was an act of terror by a Somaliborn student who had once criticized the media for its portrayal of Muslims. The attacker, identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. The laborious process of juror qualification moves into a second day today for the white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church, with the defendant slowly easing into his role as his own attorney. In the latest twist in the case, Dylann Roof on Monday was allowed […]

BOWDOINHAM Bowdoinham selectmen tonight will consider scheduling a special town meeting for residents to vote on purchase of land for a new public works facility and also on a marijuana moratorium ordinance. The short meeting will follow the 6 p.m. informational meeting concerning a new public works facility project. Bowdoinham selectmen recently approved a purchase […]

WEST BATH — Mark Westrum, the correctional administrator of Two Bridges Regional Jail, has plead not guilty to a charge of operating under the influence in West Bath District Court. Westrum was arrested in Bath Oct. 7 and charged. He was placed on paid administrative leave from the jail Oct. 12. Earlier this month, the […]

NAPLES (AP) — Maine state police say they have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Naples. Police say 55-year-old Richard Diekema’s body was found inside a mobile home when police confronted suspected shooter Norman Strobel. Police shot and killed 59-year-old Strobel during the confrontation on Sunday after an exchange of gunfire. Police say […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — Maine State Police say an autopsy shows the death of a woman who was found in her apartment in Westbrook over the weekend was caused by a medical event. Officers discovered 42- year-old Michelle Minor at the Brown Street residence around 8:20 a.m. Sunday. Local police had said the circumstances appeared suspicious […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says recounts of a pair of ballot questions will likely take four to six weeks. The department is getting ready to announce a schedule for the recounts. The recounts have been requested for ballot questions that legalized recreational marijuana and approved a tax on […]

CARABASSETT VALLEY, (AP) — Police are blaming black ice for a fatal two-car crash in western Maine. Police say 34-year-old Levi Pooler died early Monday at a Portland hospital from injuries suffered in the crash at about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Carrabassett Valley Police Chief Mark Lopez tells the Morning Sentinel that Pooler was driving a […]

MEDELLIN, Colombia A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said. Six people survived. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact […]

LONDON The British government denied today that its strategy for exiting the European Union had been leaked through a set of handwritten notes suggesting the U.K.’s aim is to “have cake and eat it.” Despite its lofty ambition, the same document appears to concede that the government will have to quit the EU single market […]