WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he wants to build a global coalition against Iran during urgent consultations in the Middle East, following a week of crisis that saw the United States pull back from the brink of a military strike on Iran. Pompeo spoke Sunday as he left Washington for Saudi […]

Maine Forest Rangers came to the aid of two uninjured hikers from Baxter State Park on Saturday. The rangers confirmed Sunday afternoon that the hikers made it safely out of the park. A flight crew “was unable to extract the two uninjured hikers from below the Knife Edge (trail) due to gusty, erratic mountain winds. […]

The crash of a small plane in Bar Harbor left its three occupants with only minor injuries Saturday morning, local fire officials said. Bar Harbor fire and police crews responded to a report of a plane crash in a marshy area behind Mount Desert Island High School, on Eagle Lake Road, around 10:47 a.m., according […]

In the middle of the Portland Expo, between rows of cots and tables, several young children dance and sing while others kick a ball. But for Oscar Kitakya, a 31-year-old Portland resident and volunteer, there is no time for games. “I’ve been too busy,” he says, laughing. Kitakya has been busy. Over the last two […]

WATERVILLE — Maine recently made headlines as the first state in the country to place a ban on Styrofoam food containers. While the news has been met with positivity from groups advocating for the end of single-use plastics and non-recyclables, a handful of small business owners have voiced mixed feelings about the economic repercussions on […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer Judith Krantz, whose million-selling novels such as “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” engrossed readers worldwide with their steamy tales of the rich and beautiful, died Saturday at her Bel-Air home. She was 91. Krantz’s son Tony Krantz, a TV executive, confirmed her death by natural causes on Sunday afternoon. He said […]

BIDDEFORD — Sisters Priscille Dolor and Louise Peterson were born and raised in Biddeford. Both moved away — Dolor to Pennsylvania, and Peterson to Florida. But they were back in their hometown this weekend, taking in a bit of French culture at La Kermesse. The festival, now in its 37th year, brings families and old […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal investigators will review repair and inspection records on the skydiving plane that became inverted before crashing shortly after takeoff on Oahu’s North Shore, killing all 11 people on board in the deadliest civil aviation accident since 2011. The same plane that crashed Friday sustained substantial damage to its tail section in […]

WATERBORO – A Freeport woman died Saturday when the motorcycle she was operating struck an SUV at the intersection of Townhouse Road and Deering Ridge in Waterboro. Kimberly Sawyer, 53, died at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash, said York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. in a news release issued Sunday afternoon. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says a New York-based advice columnist who claims he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s made a “totally false accusation” against him and he denied knowing the woman. “I have no idea who this woman is,” Trump said Saturday as he left […]