A newly approved free-trade deal has paved the way for two men with Maine ties to export lobster products to Panama and other parts of Latin America.

Authorities say Jesse James Seward was refusing to return to his cell.

William Hanaman’s attorney argues his case Thursday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

A woman and her brother say they should have been tried separately for her husband’s murder.

Aaron Patton’s lawyer says the jury was confused when it convicted him of having sex with an underage girl.

The manslaughter charge says William Briggs, 61, was reckless or negligent when he shot and killed a 46-year-old man.

Douglas Tenczar claims that sheriff’s deputies used excessive force and failed to identify themselves.

John Perry pleads not guilty to drug and health-care fraud charges arising from alleged writing of illegal prescriptions.