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U.S. awards $3 billion for EV battery production in 14 states
The effort is part of the Biden administration's continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in the sector.
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at 4:02 PMProPublica reported this week that two Georgia women died after they did not get proper medical treatment for complications from taking abortion pills to end their pregnancies.
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at 4:38 PMAt a bail hearing Friday, a Portland detective detailed substantial evidence in the case against Aaron Karp, who is accused of killing Susan McHugh during a fight between two rival motorcycle clubs.
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at 1:28 PMThe report details a series of 'communications deficiencies' with local law enforcement before the July shooting and makes clear that the Secret Service knew the rally site posed a security challenge.
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at 1:24 PMThis conversation will take place on Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m. at Greene Block + Studios.
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at 11:37 AMThe former Ghost of Paul Revere frontman released the album Friday.
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8 mins agoThe building at 142 Free St. is slated for demolition as part of a major expansion by the neighboring Portland Museum of Art.
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8 mins agoThe attacks have heightened fears that the cross-border exchanges of fire will escalate into all-out war.
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at 3:56 PMPolice searched the 11-year-old suspect's home and found the 'suspicious device' which was later determined not to be an explosive. The DA says her office is still considering the case and has not yet filed charges.
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at 9:42 AMSample, 73, is retiring from performing live after 50 years so he can spend more time on his art, a passion he's pursued all his life. His last Maine show is scheduled for June in Boothbay Harbor.
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September 19The event comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is working to continue to share her governing philosophy with voters during her abbreviated presidential campaign.
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September 19The judge was pronounced dead at the scene.
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September 19The eggs were produced by Rainbow Farm and sold at its Orland location and a handful of farmers markets.
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September 19Panos Anastasiou, 76, allegedly sent more than 465 messages through the Supreme Court’s public website – many of them violent, racist and homophobic, according to an indictment.
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September 19The state election board is expected to vote on a measure to force counties to hand-count all ballots this year.
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September 19Kamala Harris has received an outpouring of endorsements from Teamsters local unions and regional councils in key states, despite the national union’s decision to not endorse.
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September 19An Associated Press journalist witnessed Israeli soldiers push three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank.
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September 19Donald Trump has frequently voiced his support for Robinson, who has been considered a rising star in his party.
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September 19Massive flooding has claimed 24 lives and caused enormous damage to infrastructure and housing.
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September 19The systems in airport Hangars 5 and 6 were found deficient in a pair of July 2023 inspections, and airport officials have not indicated that repairs have been made, the notice says.
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September 19The iconic NBC sketch comedy show premiered on Oct. 11, 1975.
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September 19Police say there was 'no longer a potential threat' at the scene where an SAD 15 bus driver pulled over and evacuated about 15 middle and high school students after reporting a 'suspicious device' onboard.
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September 19Mortgage rates dropped in anticipation of the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in more than 4 years, meaning buyers who were priced out may start house hunting again.
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at 6:55 AMParticipants in the 2024 COBALT bioregional learning journey shared some wisdom during a pit stop at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, the location of a seagrass restoration pilot project.
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at 7:24 AMTristin Chamberlain, 23, agreed earlier this week to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of 26-year-old Tyler Flexon, of Portland, in 2022.
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September 19The gains followed rallies for markets across Europe and Asia after the Federal Reserve delivered the first cut to interest rates in more than four years late on Wednesday.
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September 19At this time of year, that flood potential amped up by global warming can become especially evident.
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September 19Customers will soon have the option to pay directly from their bank accounts with instant transfers for online purchases.
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September 19Tim Walz is worth about $1 million – less than about 6 out of 10 adults in his demographic. JD Vance, who grew up in poverty, is now a multimillionaire.
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at 7:08 AMThe state Department of Labor hopes a new rule that went into effect Thursday will end a pattern of small fines and few collections of penalties.
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September 19Separate teen accounts for those under 18 are part of an effort to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.
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September 19The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand.
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at 11:36 AMAmong those surveyed, 50% in the state said they planned to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race and 41% said they would vote for former President Donald Trump.
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at 9:58 AMQuestion 4 asks voters to approve funding that would be used for grants to build, repair and maintain non-motorized, motorized and multiuse trails.
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September 19Bohdan Dauphinais, 21, of Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, was sentenced to four years in prison.
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September 19The former independent presidential candidate disclosed the investigation on Saturday while campaigning outside Phoenix for Donald Trump.
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September 19The national median sales price rose 3.1% from a year earlier to $416,700. That's the highest median price for August on records going back to 1999.
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September 19The attacks targeting thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies have been widely blamed on Israel, heightening fears that exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel will escalate into all-out war.
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September 19The effort comes after lawmakers failed to advance an extreme-risk protection order bill in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston last October.
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at 3:10 PMThe Vigorous Tenderness fall equinox performance is Sunday at Bug Light Park.
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September 19Evan Briggs, a second-grader at West Bath School, was playing flag football, YMCA officials said. Staff performed CPR until paramedics arrived to rush him to the hospital.
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September 19Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. was the only mill eligible for the tax credit meant to help modernize equipment and save jobs.
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September 19When the Portland City Council voted 2 weeks ago to divest in companies doing business in Israel, some in the city's Jewish community said they felt blindsided because they only learned about it hours before.
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September 18Councilor Donald Cushing, who proposed a last-minute resolution to withdraw support for the connector, called the debate over adding items to an agenda midmeeting "parliamentary hoo-ha."
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September 18Maine's watchdog agency finds that the state made thorough efforts, but it couldn't determine how or whether Child Protective Services could have prevented Sylus Melvin's killing in 2021.
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September 18Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they’ll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown.
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September 18Campaign officials have been warned by the government about the possibility of poisoning threats. His team has gotten nervous about drones targeting him at golf courses and at outdoor venues after hearing briefings from the Secret Service.
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September 18Seth Garrison was appointed to the role nearly 2 years ago. He took a leave of absence in the spring before resigning on Aug. 26.
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September 18The nonendorsement comes 2 days after union leaders and members met privately with Vice President Kamala Harris so she could lay out her case for an endorsement.
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at 10:54 AMThe nonprofit's Art Deck-O event raised around $22,000 for its arts integration programming.
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September 18The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube's most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted meal breaks and rest time for competitors.
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September 19Councilors seemed more agreeable to Lisbon Area Christian Outreach food pantry lease requests.
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September 18It's the largest ad buy since Labor Day, the traditional start of the fall campaign season, and comes after Democrats mailed flyers opposing a Republican candidate trying to flip a Senate seat in Windham.
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September 18The effects could ripple out well beyond those who lost jobs at the sprawling plant in Jarratt, a once-bustling railroad town about 60 miles south of Richmond.
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September 19Voters will weigh a proposal to borrow $10 million to help restore old buildings owned by government agencies or nonprofits across the state.
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September 18Police are searching for a woman who was driving a white station wagon that the man tried to get into near the Maine Mall while he was running from a state trooper.
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September 18The third budget proposal is for $50.43 million — a total overall reduction of close to $1.18 million from the original proposal last June.
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September 18The central bank is acting because, after 11 rate hikes since March 2022, it feels confident that inflation is finally mild enough that it can begin to ease the cost of borrowing.
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September 18The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than four years, reflects its new focus on bolstering the job market, which has shown clear signs of slowing.