Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana were among the states that evacuated statehouse offices or buildings.

One project, co-owned by the parent company of Central Maine Power, will be a 62-turbine wind farm 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts.

Business recovery center at Lewiston Armory closes Jan. 12, but businesses affected by Oct. 25 shootings can still apply for low-interest loans.

The massive prisoner exchange followed other such deals earlier in the war, which is nearing the 2-year mark.

The fire did not affect the building but displaced the four guests because firefighters had to remove a deck outside the door to the unit to contain the blaze.

Some also called for protecting Second Amendment rights as Maine lawmakers returned for a new session that is expected to focus on gun safety in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston in October.

Federal and state regulators say the trackers will help them understand fishing patterns and protect right whales. Lobstermen say the devices violate their privacy rights.

Kristen Gullifer, 35, of Skowhegan, was charged with operating under the influence and criminal speeding, according to Fairfield police.

The strike in Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold could cause the low-intensity fighting along the Lebanon border to boil over into all-out war.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

A new study by an international team led by evolutionary biologist Tim Waring says that humans are good at extracting resources from the Earth but struggle to cooperate on a scale necessary to fight worldwide environmental threats.

Michael Skakel is suing an investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, after he spent 11 years in prison.

The inauguration ceremony for Mike Morris drew more than 100 people Tuesday night to the City Hall Annex at 46 Front St.

Lawmakers will hold public hearings Wednesday afternoon on proposals to grant tribes exclusive access to all Internet gambling and to open the door for a tribal casino.

The indictment says a Qatari investor negotiated a multimillion-dollar investment in a real estate project planned by Fred Daibes, one of three businessmen charged, and the 70-year-old senator and his wife.

The debt doesn't appear to be a weight on the economy right now, but its path in the future might put at risk national security and major programs like Social Security.

The Maine Labor Relations Board concluded that an unnamed lieutenant in the Fire Marshal's Office made changes to mileage reimbursements and the way employees swap shifts without going through the collective bargaining process.

In its Dec. 28 decision, the court ruled that the Maine Public Utilities Commission's approval of the special rate 'did not result in unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory rates.'

The commission elected a new chairman of the board, Commissioner Lance Harvell of Farmington.

Two of the suspects have been charged for their roles in the incident, while a third suspect has not yet been charged or identified publicly by police.

Republican leaders who criticized Shenna Bellows' decision said on Tuesday that they condemn any threats or use of violence.

Grants of up to $10,000 to replace equipment or lost supplies will be available through the fund created by the Retail Association of Maine and the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association.

Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the May 2022 Roe v. Wade leak to 247 after.

While the fire was knocked down in less than an hour, the home on Fountain Street suffered fire and smoke damage.

The population of North Atlantic right whales fell by about 25% from 2010 to 2020, and now numbers less than 360.

Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola, has been scuttled.

Brooke Brann gave birth to her son, Shiloh, at 9:31 a.m. on Monday, New Year's Day.

First floor of home sustained water damage.

The former president said in a court filing Tuesday that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows doesn't have the authority to remove him from the ballot and 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.'

Air defenses shot down all 10 of the Russian Kinzhal missiles, which can fly at 10 times the speed of sound, out of about 100 of various types that were launched, said Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's commander-in-chief.

The incident on Saturday took place a short distance from where three pedestrians were struck and killed in 2021.

A House committee announced Thursday it will investigate the policies and disciplinary procedures at Harvard, MIT and Penn.

The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials as the U.S. wrestles with how to harden water utilities against hackers.

Many parks have already begun construction on 2024 projects while other parks have only announced plans or launched teaser campaigns.

His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.

Sheriff's deputies first made arrests at a residence in China Saturday before state police made several more Tuesday afternoon.

Liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's party says he' recovering at an intensive care unit.

An accident report described the man's injuries as serious.

The pilot of a coast guard aircraft that was preparing to take off escaped but the 5 crew members died in the collision with a passenger jet.

Israel's onslaught in Gaza has been unprecedented in the century-old Mideast conflict, killing nearly 22,000 Palestinians and leveling large swaths of the tiny Mediterranean territory.

Lawmakers return to the State House on Wednesday for the start of the second regular session of the 131st Legislature.

China’s youth unemployment hit a record high over the summer, before the government stopped publishing figures.

Insurers and health care funds claimed that its marketing work with Purdue Pharma helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis.

Iran’s foray into the Red Sea a day after the U.S. action compounds a highly volatile situation in the channel.

Police provide few details but say there is no danger to the public.

A Bangor hospital appears to have delivered the state's first baby of the new year.

Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli says bus operators are making an apparent effort to evade New York's efforts to regulate migrant arrivals.

The 36th annual Lobster Dip attracted about 600 dippers and thousands of onlookers – and raised at least $190,000.

Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year Monday.

Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul

Water flooded the parking lot and got into the basement of the building at 10 Water St. in the city's South End during a powerful rain and wind storm Dec. 18 that submerged several vehicles in the parking lot.

Israel has come under growing international pressure to scale back an offensive that has led to the deaths of nearly 22,000 Palestinians, more than two-thirds of them women and children.

The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s main island.

New Year’s Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York’s Times Square, where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns across the globe.

While the new statewide minimum wage is $14.15 an hour, up from $13.80 in 2023, Portland's minimum wage is now $15 an hour, up from $14.

Despite legal setbacks in 2023, the Norwegian aquaculture developer insists it is staying the course with its proposed 55-acre land-based salmon farm.

The law governing state-regulated health insurance plans takes effect Jan. 1.

Right now, northern New England is lacking in snow, but it looks like that could change in the next 10 days.

The men were severely hypothermic and couldn't walk after getting lost while hiking Saturday and spending the night out in the woods, forcing rescuers to carry them out on litters.

David Crook, who served six terms in office from 1978 to 2002, focused his career on child abuse and drug cases and worked to advocate for victims of crimes. He died in November at age 77.

Denmark has Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy, which traces its line back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958.

Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand, he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.

Mobile home damaged by fire was unoccupied, officials investigating cause.

Kim called for 'the overwhelming war response capability' to deter potential enemy provocations, Korean Central News Agency said.

Spridal Hubiak, 20, of Waterville, was found in Arkansas early Sunday morning, after authorities had issued an arrest warrant for him in connection with the killing of Angela Bragg.

He also won acclaim for a 1974 documentary looking into the campaign for compensation for children after concerns were raised about birth defects when expectant mothers took the drug Thalidomide.

The military said Sunday that four small boats attacked a cargo ship and fired at responding U.S. helicopters, which returned fire and sank three of the boats.

The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul after she left 'American Idol' and became a judge on Lythgoe's other competition show 'So You Think You Can Dance.'

Before checking into Walter Reed, Fetterman had never publicly discussed his battle with depression. He has since said that he has experienced it on and off throughout his life.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.

Israel's unprecedented air and ground offensive has killed more than 21,800 Palestinians and wounded more than 55,000 others, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.

The driver of the vehicle, who was not seriously injured, was operating with a suspended driver’s license when he crashed into a tree on Saturday, according to Maine State Police.

Recalling how he weathered a storm in 1947, J.P. Devine imagines the Big Bad Wolf coming to howl once again.

The year saw record-breaking weather, housing prices, homelessness and violence, with the Lewiston shootings leaving the biggest impact on our state.