AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage has sent five bills to the Legislature that would dramatically overhaul a child protection system that has been under investigation for months after two high-profile deaths. The most wide-ranging bill has not been printed yet, but an overview provided Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that it […]

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump dug in to his denials of wrongdoing as his White House struggled to manage the fallout from allegations that he orchestrated a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of two women who say they had affairs with him. Before dawn Thursday, Trump tweeted: “NO COLLUSION – RIGGED WITCH HUNT!” — a […]

CHICAGO An attempt to break into the Democratic National Committee’s massive voter database has been thwarted, a party official said Wednesday, two years after Russian operatives sent the party into disarray by hacking into its computers and facilitating the release of tens of thousands of emails amid the presidential election. A web security firm using […]

KAMPALA, Uganda A Ugandan pop starturned lawmaker who opposes the longtime president was charged with treason in a civilian court today, minutes after a military court dropped weapons charges. The new charge was bound to bring fresh outrage from Ugandans and global musicians after Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, alleged he had been […]