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An abortion ban with few exceptions will take effect on Aug. 25. The court is separately reviewing the merits of the law.

The company has faced litigation alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs.

Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii's Big Island.

Country singer Naomi Judd’s death has garnered intense national media attention surrounding the cause.

The Republican candidates for governor and U.S. House, respectively, had vigorously denounced the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home.

Wall Street saw a broad rally Friday, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November.

The probe follows an explosive internal report alleging sexual abuse cases were covered up.

The legislation won't directly address some of the main drivers of surging prices – from gas and food to rents and restaurant meals.

The very rewatchable production is the last of the Brunswick theater's season.

Here's a look at how the investigation unfolded.

It's all coming at a time of blistering attacks on the nation's civic institutions that experts say is worrisome, if not dangerous, for the future of U.S. democracy.

The East Coast Chamber Orchestra ushered in the series of performances in Portland.

Organizer Dennis Price has assured that the event, a part of Readfield Heritage Days, will abide by state rules and will be done with care. The Maine Animal Coalition feels differently.

Golden joined the rest of his party's members in passing the legislation after being the only House Democrat to vote against the larger Build Back Better package that passed in the House but failed in the Senate last year.

The Hallowell Woodstock and Arts Festival will take place Sunday at Granite City Park from noon to 6 p.m.

Few leases have been sold in recent years as coal demand shrank drastically.

The $26 million hotel built by Colby College has been housing students for the last two years because of the pandemic, but is now ready to receive guests.

Behind the scenes, workers have created a three-dimensional model of the Sequoia because the original design plans couldn't be found.

The package will touch countless American lives with longtime party proposals.

The unidentified child is the 3rd person known to be infected in Maine.

Cole Libby, 27, had a warrant out for his arrest from three counties. Police found him at his home in Liberty with two other convicted felons.

A law enforcement official says a gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati office appeared to have posted calls on social media for FBI agents to be killed.

Rushdie's 1988 novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.

Ryan Hallman, 46, of Industry died early Friday, and his wife and two children escaped from the family's home at 14 Moes Cove Road. A dog also died.

Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump’s post-presidency, a New York judge ordered Friday that his company and its longtime finance chief stand trial in the fall on tax fraud charges.

Health officials say the virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City’s wastewater weeks after a case of polio was identified north of the city.

On the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car embedded inside the home.

Aaron Nickerson, 47, is facing 10 charges, including domestic violence terrorizing, and was being held without bail Friday after the standoff earlier this week, according to the Waldo County Sheriff's Office.

A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant that says agents were investigating potential violations of 3 federal laws, including one that governs handling of defense information under the Espionage Act.

Conservative groups pushing for a convention of the states as a way to amend the U.S. Constitution have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state legislative primaries to elect Republican lawmakers sympathetic to their cause.

The bill's pillar is about $375 billion over 10 years to encourage industry and consumers to shift from carbon-emitting to cleaner forms of energy, hailed by experts as Congress' biggest climate investment ever.

For months, fighting and a Russian blockade meant grain produced in Ukraine, known as the world's breadbasket, piled up in silos, sending food prices sky-high and leading to hunger in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia.

How tech companies handle user data has come under growing scrutiny from privacy advocates, politicians and their own employees since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.

'If we didn't get her out, she would die in there,' one of the rescuers said.

Supply-chain issues have further driven up the price of carbon dioxide, which is used in several aspects of brewing.

The Youngs had as many as 50 milk cows and 20 heifers – and most were in the pasture at the time of the fire, but 6 were lost. The barn that housed them is now a pile of charred wood.

New Zealand closed its borders in early 2020 as it sought at first to eliminate COVID-19 entirely and then later to control its spread.

Biden and his aides have been careful to caveat answers about whether he’ll run again by saying that a decision isn’t final.

The announcements sent some beachgoers scrambling but officials said that there was no emergency nor danger to the public.

Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Mar-a-Lago.

Europe is suffering under a severe heat wave and drought that has produced tragic consequences for farmers and ecosystems already under threat from climate change and pollution.

An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a fellow officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison

Western nations have made more pledges to send arms to Ukraine as Britain's Defense Ministry claimed that sanctions against Moscow are hurting Russian defense exports.

Human rights advocates say the country’s regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives of disabled people and are prompting doctors and health workers to suggest the procedure to those who might not otherwise consider it.

Some cities and towns will be allowed to ban fossil fuel infrastructure in new and major construction projects.

The lead prosecutor says he felt confident after a year of reviewing the report that the corrections officers' use of force was reasonable.

The bright blue lobster caught off Peaks Island will take up residence in a tank at Becky's Diner.

There is no clear reason why Maine's average price is about 40 cents higher than the national average of $3.99.

Town officials said an emergency repair began Thursday and that the harbor will be closed to swimming, kayaking and fishing until the town feels the risk of failure has been eliminated.

The child has been charged under juvenile law in connection with the killings of the woman, who was 25, and boys who were 1 and 4 years old.

An afternoon pullback left stock indexes on Wall Street mixed, erasing most of their morning gains following another encouraging report about inflation.

The Governor's Energy Office filed Thursday for intervenor status to oppose the increase, which would add about $10 a month to an average customer's bill.

Parker Redlevske is a 14-year-old with an aptitude for technology who raised $15,000 to open a technology repair franchise in Waterville.

It's unclear how many restaurants will reopen and how many employees will go back to work.

The CDC recommendations apply to everyone in the U.S., but the changes could be particularly important for schools, which resume classes this month in many parts of the country.

The monthslong search for Harmony Montgomery, age 5, who was only reported missing last year, has become a homicide investigation.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he personally approved the search warrant at Donald Trump's Florida home.

The concert Wednesday was part of his tour for the album '12th of June.'

The crux of the long-delayed bill is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change.

A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan's lead-contaminated water.