Reporters covering the trial may be susceptible to trauma tied to their own experiences or previous stories about encounters between police and Black people.

Some strategies and terms that have become part of Derek Chauvin's trial are rare outside criminal courtrooms.

Thousands of people evacuate their homes under government orders.

The 7-day average reached 333.8 on Saturday after a troubling count of 438 on Friday.

A federal grant is providing a venue for hundreds of educators to take courses on innovation and pilot design with the chance to get funding for remote learning projects in their schools.

A new proposal would consolidate staff and programming now at 4 locations into the office building at 39 Forest Ave.

The film has drawn the ire of local and national seafood experts for claiming that there is no such thing as a sustainable fishery.

A committee in Augusta heard from many Mainers who like the idea of open-air funeral pyres as an end-of-life option.

The World Health Organization says infection rates are climbing in every global region, driven by new virus variants and too many countries coming out of lockdown too soon.

The nation's highest court has had nine members since just after the Civil War, and any effort to alter it would be explosive.

At one point last week, 13 states had more than 100,000 doses apiece available and unordered, says a federal official.

Investors are showing cautious optimism about the economic recovery, especially in the U.S.

Lawmakers are considering whether to open an investigation into a technology upgrade that has cost Maine more than $34 million so far and is years behind schedule.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association says concerts will resume in May with capacity for about 4,000 people.

Susan Eklund, owner of Susan's Fish-n-Chips, will get a suspended sentence if she makes regular payments on more than $205,000 in restitution.

A professor of Egyptology says the discovery is the most important archeological find since the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.

The Florida congressman has retained 2 prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls.

The Portland Pops Fourth of July on the Eastern Promenade has been canceled for the second straight year, but the city will explore putting on a fireworks display.

Dr. Andrew Baker, who ruled the Black man's death a homicide, took the stand at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

The law signed by the Democratic governor is not the total ban many demonstrators and some Democratic lawmakers had sought.

The four-time winner of the honor has committed to run for Columbia University next year.

The family of rapper DMX says he has died at age 50 after a career in which he delivered iconic hip-hop songs such as 'Ruff Ryders’ Anthem.'

President Joe Biden is releasing a $1.5 trillion wish list for the federal budget.

The National Labor Relations Board says 1,798 employees voted against the union while 738 were for it.

Islamic leaders around the country are spreading the word ahead of Ramadan that it’s OK to be vaccinated for the coronavirus during fasting for the most sacred month of the year for Muslims.

Emergency management officials said the ash column was about 32,000 feet high and the ash was headed northeast into the Atlantic Ocean.

Many of the Trump officials clashing with government scientists had little or no previous experience in combating infectious disease.

Portland police charged a man with stabbing his roommate at 12 Gilman St. on Friday morning.

The building closures are due to staff quarantines for COVID-19 and other absences at Lincoln and a plumbing issue at Reiche.

At least 2 vaccination clinics have been canceled next week because the state is expecting a big drop-off in doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Boeing says it has informed 16 of its customers that they should address a possible electrical issue in certain 737 Max aircraft before using them further.

His life spanned nearly a century of European history, starting with his birth as a member of the Greek royal family and ending as Britain’s longest-serving consort.

Jeffrey L. Brickman has worked over 40 years in the medical field, including 5 at Central Maine Healthcare.

Nathan Reardon was charged in relation to 4 separate applications for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling nearly $240,000.

The Maine CDC distributed 400 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to 4 independent primary care practices around the state this week but won't be able to ship any next week because of reduced supply.

Members of the town council said no grievances were filed by the employees who resigned, which could have triggered formal council action.

The dispute has been one of several hurdles in the renewed push for gun-control legislation, despite wide support for extending background checks.

Joshua Boyd reportedly fired a gun at a police officer who responded to a threatening complaint on Howe Street.

Emily Paruk will compete in the semifinals May 2 and hopes to advance to the finals May 27, when she would earn a shot at winning a $20,000 cash prize.

The document finds cause for concern in virtually all aspects of life.

Students will have been kept mostly in their rooms for at least 12 days. to fight against 'relatively large outbreak.'

The go-to person for customers looking for help with home improvement projects, Cressey Warner lived in Kennebunk most of her life before she and her husband of 3 years moved to a hobby farm in Arundel.

Nations around the world are setting new records for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease is surging even in some countries that have kept the virus in check.

Linh Nguyen won for her research on finding an inexpensive way to remove arsenic from drinking water systems.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions send 'a clear signal to the military that the United States will keep increasing pressure on the regime’s revenue streams until it ceases its violence.'

A state trooper was shot during the manhunt that led to the suspected shooter's capture.

Attorneys for Siera Boucher of Readfield cite an internal email from a supervisor who said her questions raised ‘too many red flags.’

Plaintiffs argued Thursday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that the state must enforce a residency clause in its adult-use cannabis law.

Six other former workers were arrested and charged Wednesday amid allegations from over 200 men and women spanning over 50 years.

Officials said Gail Wicklund suffers from dementia and was missing for much of Thursday.

Organizers expect to bring back events that were missing from last year's strictly agricultural show, while still abiding by COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions.

Federal regulators say Quick Plug N.A. mishandled a potentially hazardous chemical.

The federal agency said it does not seek payment of fines via telephone calls

The agency will start again to create a fisheries management plan that will likely take into consideration the information it received from more than 1,100 comments, the most it has ever seen.

The state's administrative and financial services commissioner will appear before the committee Friday to answer questions about a $22 million contract dispute with Workday, a Silicon Valley vendor.

The 12-tune album, which includes 'One Day We'll All B Free' and a cover of Soul Asylum's anthem 'Stand Up and B Strong,' will be released July 30.

President Biden appears ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector for Seminole County, Fla., had first been charged last summer in an indictment that prosecutors repeatedly superseded to add charges of sex trafficking of a minor.

A lawyer representing Robert Fuller Jr., who donated the statue of Melville W. Fuller to Kennebec County in 2013, suggested his client is willing to take back his gift.