NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers to a tax-dodging Harvard dean, died Sunday. He was 99, just 10 days short of his 100th birthday. Morgenthau died at Manhattan’s Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness, his […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11′s “giant leap” by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting with Tang and gobbling MoonPies. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aldrin showed Vice President Mike Pence the launch pad where he flew to […]

Denny’s, the national chain restaurant known for its breakfast slams and diner favorites, is now open at 45 Boulder Way in Biddeford. The restaurant, in the former Ruby Tuesday’s location just off the Maine Turnpike spur, opened Friday afternoon and is the sixth Denny’s in Maine. Other Maine locations include Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Ellsworth and […]

A damaged transmission line knocked out power for nearly 8,000 people in York County on one of the hottest days of the summer Saturday. The damaged line was located in Sanford and a repair was underway at 8 p.m. Saturday. Most of the outages were located in Lebanon, Acton and Shapleigh, and power was expected be […]

BETHEL — It was something truly out of this world. The Moon in Maine Lunar Landing Extravaganza held at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum on Friday evening showed off the largest piece of the moon ever to fall to the Earth, along with other pieces of the moon. The special event was launched to […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says it has detected bacteria responsible for Legionnaires’ disease in samples from the Orono-Veazie Water District. The agency said Friday that chlorine will be added to eliminate the bacteria. The CDC is investigating a cluster of six Legionnaires’ disease cases in the Bangor area. At […]