The two men, Senate colleagues for 24 years and sparring partners in several high-stakes negotiations during Biden's time as vice president, still have not spoken since the election.

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had 80,033,996 votes as of late Tuesday evening.

The company cites a lack of foot traffic and an expiring lease as reasons for the closure, which won't affect its other stores.

The figure is almost 60 percent more than the industry's main trade group forecast in June.

The political group behind the ordinances is pressuring the city to quickly implement them and has set-up its own Rent Board to receive complaints from renters and landlords.

The Maine CDC has scaled back the scope of investigations, but unlike New Hampshire and other states still thinks the disease is containable.

More U.S. schools are rethinking traditional Thanksgiving lessons that focus on the English settlers but teach little about Native Americans.

Gov. Janet Mills' Economic Recovery Committee recommends long-term steps and investment to get the state's businesses and society back on track.

The outgoing secretary of state says he is campaigning for the position, which will be filled by the Legislature when it convenes Dec. 2.

Hundreds if not thousands of people have been killed, some 40,000 people have fled into Sudan and the U.N. says 2 million people in the sealed-off Tigray region urgently need help.

Biden’s Washington veterans all have ties to former President Barack Obama’s administration.

In the top categories at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, Beyoncé leads all nominees with nine.

The exact location is so remote that officials are not revealing it publicly, worried that people might get lost or stranded trying to find it and need to be rescued.

The ongoing drug overdose crisis, which appears to be growing worse during the coronavirus pandemic, has contributed to the deaths of more than 470,000 Americans over the past 2 decades, most of those from legal and illicit opioids.

Pandemic fatigue, personal hardships and a lack of financial resources have combined with anti-government sentiment and science denialism to drive a wedge between what public health officials say should be done and what people are actually doing.

The Nevada Supreme Court has made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the final canvass of the Nov. 3 election

The investigation began after a Black attorney described in a published letter that she felt the personal sting of racism when she was pulled over twice for minor infractions in Cumberland.

'We are one step closer to moving past the election uncertainty,' said Lindsey Bell, chief investment strategist at Ally Invest.

The Capital Judicial Center was closed to the public Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania governor says Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential vote in the state.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travelers to certain countries must be vaccinated before they can fly.

The Maine Department of Education plans to hire at least 21 nurses to conduct contact tracing at Maine schools.

While the fire scene was being excavated a body was discovered in the debris.

Puritan Medical Products of Guilford has been awarded more than $11 million from the federal government to produce millions more testing swabs.

Jeff Matthews, Ethan Ward, Michael Porper and Robert Blethen were on the Emmy Rose when it sank northeast of Cape Cod early Monday.

In recent years, Dinkins received more credit for his accomplishments during his single term.

Briefs for Nov. 24

Colleges around Maine will send students home to finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, but only after testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during travel.

Events for Nov. 24.

The president's acceptance of the General Services Administration starting the transition amounted to a dramatic capitulation setting in motion a peaceful transfer of power.

Millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports, many of them unwilling to miss out on seeing family and convinced they can do it safely.

President-elect Biden and aides have said the designation is crucial so they can legally begin consulting with federal experts about plans to distribute a coronavirus vaccine.

The owners of the Bethel restaurant say they'll comply with judge's order to close until their license is reinstated.

The reported meeting is the latest move by the Trump administration to promote normalized ties between Israel and the Arab world.

The undertaking is the nation’s boldest since it first put a man in space in 2003.

Millions of pilgrims travel to Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin every Dec. 12.

Monday's executive session was the third time councilors huddled with their attorney outside of public view to discuss varying interpretations – and the legal risks for each – of five voter-approved ordinances.

Pat Quinn was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2013, a month after his 30th birthday.

Tom Keene had served as the Skowhegan Fire Chief from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2008 to 2014.

The best known of the bunch is John Kerry, who made climate change one of his top priorities while serving as Obama's secretary of state.

The 25 artists were chosen from 900 submissions.

Despite pleas from the CDC to skip Thanksgiving travel, about 1 million people a day packed planes over the weekend.

Both the president and top Republican officials sought to discredit the vote process in Michigan’s Wayne County, home of Detroit, making sweeping and unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud and citing errors in the vote tallies.

He is accused of promising to donate iPads in exchange for concealed-weapons permits.

New York's attorney general is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and two former church leaders, including former Maine Bishop Richard Malone, accusing them of covering up allegations of sexual misconduct against predatory priests.

Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says Maine has certified the results of the 2020 election.

General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy finally made the determination Monday after Trump efforts to subvert the vote failed across battleground states.

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.

A group of scientists put some numbers on what those in the business have experienced.

Friday develops tools designed to help organize remote teams, which have grown in popularity since the pandemic forced many workers into telecommuting.

Calls to both the Maine Crisis Line and the Intentional Warm Line have ticked back up as COVID-19 has spread in recent weeks.

The utility says its disconnection notices are legal, and the state's Office of Public Advocate says it hasn't received any recent complaints.

Risks are rising faster than predicted for coastal residents from Long Island, New York, to the Gulf Coast as saltwater invades from above and below ground.

General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards.

The average sale during an inaugural month limited by supply shortages and in-store purchase limits was about $66, state records show.

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate the first woman to serve as director of national intelligences, former CIA deputy director Avril Haines.

The social media giants said the @POTUS handle and those for the White House, vice president and first lady will be transferred on Jan. 20.

Avril Haines is expected to be nominated as director of national intelligence, a job for which Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, was under consideration.

The rule proposed by the Maine CDC could pave the way for COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers in an emergency.