In almost two months since the pilot service linking Lewiston, Auburn and Portland began, ridership has increased. However, some issues are still in need of improvement.

New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned after 15 months in office.

At the peak of the storm, 450,000 people in Louisiana were without power.

The Republican presidential candidate posted Thursday on Truth Social that 'THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!'

The new federal tax guidelines arrive in the midst of a grueling election season, the outcome of which will shape a looming partisan battle in Washington over a set of soon-expiring tax cuts adopted in 2017 under President Donald Trump.

The embrace of a more expansionary policy in China’s capital is effectively getting canceled out in the provinces, where authorities are in full belt-tightening mode.

The workers were killed when 2 airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it targeted Hamas militants.

Critics say abortion opponents are employing legal challenges, administrative maneuvers and even outright intimidation to derail proposed amendments.

The change follows weeks of criticism from other bidders and community members over the procurement process for the Hutchinson Center.

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the company’s brand new spacesuits on his chartered flight.

State and municipal leaders are calling for changes after learning that Brunswick Landing Executive Director Kristine Logan failed to disclose a 2023 inspection report that showed deficiencies in a fire suppression system that malfunctioned Aug. 19, spewing 50,000 gallons of toxic foam.

Disaster struck during the ship's first return voyage back to France from the U.S. The ship collided with the Maine-built barque Adriatic, which was en route from Belfast to Georgia.

Signs of waning inflation and a cooling job market have raised expectations that the Fed will cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in four years at its meeting of policymakers next week.

The company is slowing its pace of studying new treatments in part because of recent commercial challenges.

Ukraine launched its daring incursion into Kursk in August, partly in the hopes Russia would divert troops there from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine where a push by the Russian army is threatening to overrun a belt of key defensive strongholds.

Here’s what you should know about the disease and its potential impacts beyond Gaza as the mass vaccination campaign continues.

$100 million of the settlement with Navient will be used to make payments to affected borrowers, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.

When a woman from Virginia went missing in Maine, her family turned to social media for help finding her. But those pleas kept getting flagged as spam and removed, a recent trend seen by law enforcement in Maine.

New England Cancer Specialists and the Dempsey Center are among the tenants expected to move into the mixed-use complex beginning in January.

But repairs weren't made to the site's aging system, which went on to malfunction and discharge 51,000 gallons of toxic chemical foam in August.

Town councilors discussed proposed regulations Wednesday night for living long term in such vehicles, but said they were not ready to vote on an ordinance.

Alberto Fujimori, who governed with an increasingly authoritarian hand from 1990-2000, was pardoned in 2023 from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people.

The MTV Video Music Awards returned Wednesday night with a whole lot of Taylor Swift.

Though the move signals progress on the long-considered conversion, project overseer Jeremiah Bartlett said, 'We're much closer to the beginning of this than we are the end.'

Just 55 days before the election, the Republican presidential candidate has emerged from a rocky contest against his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, looking to regain his footing.

President Biden granted an emergency declaration that will help Louisiana secure federal money and logistical assistance from partners such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Witnesses say Aysenur Eygi, 26, was fatally shot in the head last week by Israeli soldiers who opened fire while she was participating in a protest of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Following a year and a half of gathering information from a variety of sources, Dresden's Education Exploratory Committee laid out four likely options for educating the town's students, including remaining in Regional School Unit 2 or closing the school altogether.

Ukrainians argue that being empowered to use the weaponry against Russian territory would reduce the threat from Russia by forcing it to pull key forces deeper inside its country.

Last year’s ruling overturned decades of legal precedent and forced the country’s most selective colleges to change the ways they evaluate applicants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has mandated that districts inform families of their options since 2017, but even when parents are aware, having to pay by cash or check to avoid fees can be burdensome.

Campbell's roots date back to 1869, as a modest operation out of New Jersey that later grew. The current Campbell Soup name was adopted in 1922, according to the company's website.

Some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics.

During the April incident, Clifford Warren jumped the bar and ran toward Jason Servil, who was being sentenced for the murder of Warren’s sister, Alice Abbott.

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State and local election officials say problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters and that repeated outreach to the Postal Service to resolve the issues had failed.

About 2 dozen Portland residents joined the commemoration at Fort Allen Park on Wednesday morning.

Join us for a live conversation on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University.

A recent internal watchdog report found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of such complaints was classified as 'secret,' shielded as a potential threat to national security.

A key reason for last month's drop in overall inflation was the third drop in gas prices in the past four months.

The stops are part of a Harris-Walz push to rally voters and build enthusiasm as the campaign enters its final 2 months.

The $30 million bond, which goes to voters in November, would pay for engineers, heavy equipment and laborers needed to build trails that will withstand climate change and make Maine a world-class outdoor recreation leader, advocates say.

The number of city hall weddings in Portland has gone up nearly 500% since 2020 as a growing number of people look to opt out of traditional ceremonies.

Being a '9/11 family' reverberates through generations, and commemorating and understanding the Sept. 11 attacks one day will be up to a world with no first-hand memory of them.

The number of city hall weddings in Portland has gone up nearly 500% since 2020.

Incumbent Rep. Jared Golden questions Austin Theriault's commitment to Second Amendment rights following a report that the Republican challenger called police about a man 'walking onto his front porch holding an AR-15.'

A spokesperson said Gov. Janet Mills is 'actively engaged' in lawsuit negotiations, but a key state senator called for the governor to get 'personally involved' in finding solutions.

Taylor Swift, calling herself a ‘childless cat lady,’ endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the debate ended on Tuesday night.

Harris opened the debate by marching across the stage to shake Trump’s hand, an exchange that set the tone for the next 90 minutes.

In the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, their highly different views of the country provided a stark contrast between their agendas.

Zachery Conners, 26, was among 4 workers accused of abuse that included waterboarding, choking and sexually assaulting a nonverbal adult male client at the Lee Residential Care center in Hampden.

The freshly minted Category 1 hurricane packed top sustained winds of 75 mph and forecasters warned it was expected to crash ashore Wednesday in Louisiana.

A Lisbon man was taken into custody about 1 a.m. and transported to a Lewiston hospital for evaluation. Police say he faces multiple charges.

Some geese are suffering from a condition called 'Angel Wing,' which is a malformation of their wings caused by a high calorie diet – namely, things like bread.

The department is dealing with how to better alert its customers of emergency situations.

It's the first such recall since Maine's recreational cannabis market launched in 2020, and it affects 3 pre-rolls and 1 flower product, all produced by Cannabis Cured.

The Dempsey Center has established a $2 million fundraising goal and has raised over half that so far.

Rather than a unifying moment, the event took place against the backdrop of a bitter, partisan back-and-forth over who is to blame for the rushed and deadly evacuation from Kabul.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is vowing to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown