College roommate of Steven H. Downs testifies Downs owned two guns at school in Fairbanks, Alaska, when a woman was murdered on campus.

Encouraging trends after two years of misery have brought a hopeful tone from health experts.

Rescuers pulled one firefighter from the three-story building but two others remained trapped for about an hour.

The findings build on evidence that cash support can improve outcomes for older children, said study co-author Katherine Magnuson.

The new military regime said it had suspended the West African nation's constitution and dissolved the National Assembly.

Officials from the Lewiston Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority and the Portland Water District testified against the proposal.

The group says Maine's Office of Marijuana Policy is backing off a push to require supply-chain tracking of medical cannabis.

The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.

The nation's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation amid worries that it remains too dangerous to be trusted.

The lawsuit alleges Google has 'systematically' deceived consumers about how their locations are tracked and used.

The district attorney sought court permission to convene a grand jury because so many witnesses have refused to cooperate with an investigation unless they are subpoenaed to do so.

People who were eligible for the expanded tax credit under last year’s pandemic relief bill can claim the second half of the payment they were due.

The new court case, to be argued in the fall, tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.

A prosecutor has told a jury in an opening statement that California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels while a defense lawyer says it's not true.

Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.

Some fear that cumulative effects of the pandemic stand to hit future graduating classes the hardest.

Final two days of clinic at 179 Western Ave. set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and noon to 7 p.m. Thursday. No appointment is necessary. PCR testing for the coronavirus set to continue, by appointment.

The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.

Investigators have narrowed the window of the disappearance of a New Hampshire girl missing since late 2019 at age 5 to a 13-day period coinciding with the eviction of her father and stepmother from their home.

Prosecutors accused the men of standing by as fellow Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin 'slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.'

More than $2 million will be returned to the Star of Hope foundation.

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is asking its shareholders to help it fight off a hostile takeover offer from “vulture hedge fund” Alden Global Capital.

Yarmouth wastewater data shows another drop in virus levels, adding to evidence of a decline in infections in southern Maine.

The former Alaska governor, who is a one-time Republican vice presidential nominee, has had COVID-19 before. She's urged people not to get vaccinated.

The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.

A Louisiana community activist says most people arrested for marijuana have small amounts, "just like me."

Early in the day, benchmark stock indexes flirted with near 4-month lows as investors anticipated guidance from the Fed later this week about its plans to raise interest rates to tame inflation.

Halfway through the fiscal year, the state collected $74.2 million from cannabis compared to $51.3 million for alcohol.

The action is intended as 'reassurance to our NATO allies,' and no troops are intended for deployment to Ukraine itself, a Pentagon spokesman says.

The city is housing about 1,150 people per night due to a steady increase in families arriving from the southern border.

As the omicron surge continues in Maine, demand is still strong, but it's getting a bit easier to get tested, say people who did so on Sunday.

The Harlem Globetrotters will play at the Augusta Civic Center on Feb. 8.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

This winter is shaping up to be one of the colder seasons over the past few years.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an analysis of 41 health care systems that found that Black, Asian and Hispanic patients are less likely than whites to receive outpatient antibody treatment.

Jean-Jacques Savin activated distress beacons Thursday night into Friday morning, his team said.

Ten-day isolation periods have given way to five-day ones under CDC guidelines updated late last month, with workers sometimes allowed back as long as symptoms are deemed mild and improving.

A city reeling from a spate of violence is preparing to lay to rest a rookie police officer killed last week

Maine lobstermen will have to use special rope or inserts to weaken existing rope beginning in May to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, but it's not readily available.

Organizers estimate that 20,000 people will attend the anti-vaccine rally, marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

Delays in processing are to be expected – especially because the IRS says it still is working through 2020 tax returns.

The U.K. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment, without providing evidence to back it up.

The brewery is located between Main Street and Route 196.

The death of a seventh grader from an apparent fentanyl overdose has renewed calls for schools to carry the opioid antidote naloxone.

Police are investigating a brazen daytime shooting that sent shoppers fleeing from the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Mass.

The money is part of $26.5 billion the highway administration is providing around the country.

The Maine Legislature will consider proposals to extend special retirement benefits to more public employees.

The town has been testing wastewater for the virus throughout the pandemic and tracked the omicron wave rise and fall in real time.

The Maine Art Collective, a group of local artists, has partnered with Community Housing of Maine to install original pieces at housing complexes for seniors and disabled adults in Portland and Hallowell.

The Maine State Police's Proactive Criminal Enforcement Team faces new scrutiny after a trooper was hit with allegations of racial profiling.

The ambulance lacked a qualified caretaker – until Dr. Mark McCallister climbed aboard.

With tens of thousands of test results waiting to be processed, the state's case rate is artificially low, and that is reducing Maine's federal allocation of monoclonal antibody treatment.

The House has passed the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act, to change procedures for local educational agencies to apply for federal Impact Aid funds in fiscal 2023.

In Maine, businesses that cater to snowmobilers have reported a brisk business in the far northern part of the state.

He died after his machine veered off a trail in Harrison and crashed into trees.

The 65-year-old victim was rushed to Maine Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police say.

The U.K. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment, without providing evidence to back it up.

The Pacific nation is grappling with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption on Jan. 15.

Although not universal, the shortage has caused a number of food banks to cancel their biggest fundraisers.