GILROY, Calif. (AP) — A gunman cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire at Northern California’s popular Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three and wounding at least 15 before police fatally shot him as terrified people and performers ran for cover. Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said the gunman was armed with a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration that has exacerbated racial tensions. Trump lashed out in tweets against Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Oversight Committee chairman, claiming […]

SCARBOROUGH — Since it opened in 1950, Scarborough Downs has been the flagship of the state’s horse racing industry, once referred to as “Maine’s Showplace of Harness Racing.” But when it was sold in January 2018 to a local group of developers, it seemed to mark the final chapter for a faltering racetrack that had the look […]

BOSTON — Commander Thomas Crane assumed command of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell from Commander Mark McDonnell during a change-of-command ceremony, Friday at Station Portsmouth Harbor in New Castle, New Hampshire. McDonnell is scheduled to report to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. “I had the opportunity to work alongside some of the most dedicated and talented men and women who […]

SANFORD — More than two dozen people remain out of their residences after being displaced by a fire at an apartment building in Sanford on Friday night. Sanford firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze at the Kingsley Apartments, 17 Washington St. in Sanford, about 8:15 p.m. Friday. Arriving at the scene, fire crews extracted an […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — There’s no place like home for “The Brady Bunch,” even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast members and rekindled the show’s spirit. “We enjoy being together, doing other projects, but […]

AUBURN — Witnesses at the scene of a shooting Saturday evening at Walmart on Mount Auburn Avenue say two men got in a fistfight after one driver was cut off by another in the parking lot. One man called the other’s wife a name and began to walk back to his car, according to witnesses. […]

A Westbrook man was charged with operating under the influence Friday night after crashing into an ice cream shop in the city and fleeing the scene, authorities said. David A. Batchelor, 50, was arrested after a K9 unit tracked him to a residence on Stroudwater Place. Batchelor is accused of crashing into a retaining wall […]