VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned against being judgmental and too full of oneself, including authorities in the Catholic church, in his Palm Sunday homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square, which was crowded with tens of thousands of pilgrims, tourists and Romans. The day ushers in Holy Week, which will include Way of […]

SANFORD — When life hands you a tragedy, first you grieve, as the Sanford and Springvale community did 17 years ago when four members of the Duprez family died in a car crash on Mother’s Day in 2002. What comes next is often a determination to further the legacy of those who were lost. As a […]

The owner of a Saco roofing company who is charged with workplace manslaughter says he cannot force his workers to comply with federal safety standards on his job sites because they are independent contractors, but the Maine Department of Labor and a roofing industry legal group say that is incorrect. Alan D. Loignon II was working for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Sophie Turner wore her waterproof mascara. The actress knew there would be a lot of crying. She and the rest of the cast of “Game of Thrones” descended on Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, April 3 to bid farewell to the HBO hit show after eight seasons. “It’s very exciting […]

A motor vehicle crash involving a propane truck shut down a busy section of road in Scarborough on Saturday night. Scarborough police closed down Pine Point Road between Route 1 and Old Blue Point road after 7 p.m. Police used social media to advise drivers to avoid the area but did not release any details […]

A 2-year-old Portland police dog managed to track down a domestic violence suspect through a tangle of busy streets in the Bayside section of Portland early Saturday morning. Dozer, a Belgian Malinois-German shepherd mix, followed the scent of a Portland man from the corner of Portland and Alder streets to the man’s home, police said. […]

The Aroostook County jail has filed an emergency appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that it must provide medication to a woman who says it’s necessary to keep her opioid addiction in remission. The appeal, filed with the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, contends the judge didn’t give enough deference to jail administrators for policy-setting […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert, bringing to life a dream held by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. Stratolaunch Systems Corp. chief executive Jean Floyd said Saturday the aircraft made a “spectacular” landing […]

LONDON (AP) — More than 70 British legislators have urged the government to make sure WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape allegation against him. The lawmakers signed a letter late Friday urging Home Secretary Sajid Javid to “do everything you can to champion action that will ensure Julian […]