PORTLAND — Maine law enforcement officials who have their hands full with the continuing heroin epidemic are now grappling with a growing meth problem. The number of law enforcement responses to methamphetamine labs and discarded meth-making materials doubled to 125 in 2016 — compared to 56 the year before — and the trend shows no […]

ISTANBUL — Turkish state media aired new footage on Tuesday of a man believed to be the Islamic State gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub, showing a grim selfie video of the suspect as he circles Istanbul’s most famous square. The camera never leaves the man’s unsmiling face as he walks through Taksim […]

PORTLAND — The nation’s juvenile detention centers are largely ill-equipped to handle transgender teens, leaving them vulnerable to bullying, sexual assault, depression and suicide, advocates say. Young transgender people are too often sent to girls’ or boys’ lockups based on their anatomy, not their gender identity, and can end up suffering psychologically and getting picked […]