It is the largest such display of force since Beijing began sending planes on a near daily basis last year.

The legislation would direct the Food and Drug Administration to issue a rule banning the intentional use of PFAS in cosmetics such as makeup, moisturizer and perfume.

The seven-day average of new cases declined further to 46, the lowest figure since late October.

Listings for June 15

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The Republican's comments were a rare expression of regret by the conservative agitator, who has embraced violent and offensive conspiracy theories.

The woman was shot in the leg, but her injuries do not appear to be life-threatening

The world-renowned television journalist urges women ‘to always listen to your bodies.’

The bill would change laws governing how political action committees make payments to legislators who are connected to the PAC in a leadership role or as a primary fundraiser.

The move may relieve pressure on local businesses to pay higher wages under a citizen initiative that is being challenged in court.

He uses his first appearance at the summit as president to call on the Russian president to step back from provocative actions targeting the U.S. and its allies.

Adherents of the conspiracy theory could target Democrats and other political opponents as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly don’t come true.

But results from the process are not expected to be announced until sometime this summer.

Trump permitted commercial fishing on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, and removed most federal protections there.

No one was injured in the incident on Brown Street shortly after noon.

A high pressure system is expected to push temperatures above 115 degrees this week in Las Vegas and Phoenix.

The proposal by Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson would stop the spraying of glyphosate and other synthetic herbicides as a forest management strategy.

Christopher N. Friedrich was reported missing June 6, and his kayak was found floating upside down in the lake.

A man told an employee that he had a gun and then made off with some cash early Sunday morning, police said.

Maine joins a growing list of states to make June 19 an official holiday, although the closure of Maine state offices won't start until next year.

The former Californian, who's been called 'Putin's favorite congressman,' said he participated to protest the 'stolen election' but urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol.

The House had passed the measure to end funding for the Maine Information and Analysis Center, which was created in response to 9/11, but the 29-6 vote in the Senate effectively kills the bill.

The storm early on June 9 dumped about 5 inches of rain on the park in the space of a few hours, and washed out 10 miles of the popular 45-mile carriage road system.

When regulators discovered a problem overlooked for half a century, state legislators rushed to rewrite the statute before it hurt Maine's hospitality businesses.

The state will pay unemployed workers as much as $1,500 each if they take jobs in June or July, as recovering businesses struggle to hire enough help.

The proposal would change child endangerment laws to include leaving a loaded firearm where a child can get it.

The newspaper is seeking candidates for a variety of positions in production and circulation.

The measure to close the South Portland youth prison passed the House last week but it faces a possible veto by Gov. Janet Mills.

Rent collections dried up and tenants filed for bankruptcy or went out of business as the pandemic spread around the nation in 2020.

John Demers was sworn in a few weeks after the subpoena for the Democrats’ records and is one of the few Trump appointees who has remained in the Biden administration.

Police say they detained a person of interest after a false report led to a lockdown of the school Monday morning.

On the way to the latest round-number milestone, the virus has proved adept at exploiting inequalities in the U.S.

The full board of trustees will meet next week to consider the proposal, which comes after the governor proposed a supplemental budget that would increase state funding for higher education.

The number of people ages 65 and over is projected to double to more than 1.5 billion by 2050, greatly increasing their economic impact.

The claim that all is well comes in the wake of a CNN report that the French partners in the plant expressed concern over rising radiation levels.

The seven-day average of new cases dropped to 49, the lowest level since late October.

Suu Kyi has been held incommunicado since the military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1, detaining the civilian leader, her chief ministers and advisers.

Starting Tuesday, face masks will be optional for visitors to the theme park resort who are vaccinated.

One male suspect was in custody Saturday, and another remained at large, Austin police said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions will be delayed until July 19, as a result of the spread of the delta variant.

It was a poignant win that came after one archaeologist Iris Love, the owner of Wasabi, the winning Pekingese, died last year of COVID-19.

President Biden has stepped up his effort to rally allies to speak in a more unified voice about China’s human rights record, its trade practices and its military’s increasingly assertive behavior that has unnerved U.S. allies in the Pacific.

An area entrepreneur wants to transform a vacant lot in the middle of downtown into a food court for food trucks and mobile food vendors.

Using Charlotte Gill's highly publicized method of exposing lobsters to THC, a team of scientists set out to determine if there was science behind the sensation.

The mutual insurance company MEMIC bought the property in 2019 and is now seeking city permits to demolish it.

Districts intend to enroll more students in a broader variety of programs this year to help them catch up and give them a boost for the fall.

The pandemic made this a challenging year for Maine students, but many seniors were able to celebrate their high school graduation with in-person ceremonies. Portland Superintendent Xavier Botana, at Deering High School’s graduation on June 2, noted the senior class missed out on many of the most cherished rituals of their junior and senior years, saying, “We’re very proud of you, Class of 2021, for how you’ve handled this hardest of years.” Portland Press Herald photographers captured the joy of the moment at several local graduations.

The last week of spring starts off with a flashback to April weather, but summer sunshine returns by Wednesday.

Thirty-two drivers, mechanics and other employees in the Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach transit service join the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 714.

Authorities say that Clarence Taylor, who suffers from dementia, wandered away Sunday afternoon from an assisted living facility.

As a prolific and versatile actor of stage and screen, he was twice nominated for an Emmy, once for a Golden Globe, and once for an Oscar.

The president says he's built a strong rapport with Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the years, though the relationship could be complicated by Biden's Armenian genocide declaration.

With mountains of boxes and bubble wrap from online pandemic shopping now going in the trash, Maine is trying to enact what is known as an extended producer responsibility program.

Jodi Mezzanotte will become principal of Village Elementary School starting July 1, the Gorham School Department says.

The meeting is bound to renew questions about whether NATO’s most ambitious operation ever was worth it.

The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear an appeal claiming that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants.

Case totals nationally have declined in a week from a seven-day average of nearly 21,000 on May 29 to 14,315 on Saturday.

The supersized class will include more children who missed out on preschool and older classmates whose parents decided to wait an extra year because of the pandemic.

'America’s back in the business of leading the world alongside nations who share our most deeply held values,' the president said.