LONDON (AP) — In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29. Parliament is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to put […]

SACO — Two teenage girls missing since Monday are believed to have left of their own accord. The Saco Police Department posted a notice on social media on Thursday asking for the public’s help in locating two teenage girls from Saco — 16-year-old Katana Plourde and 15-year-old Jessica Gallant. Katana is 16, 5 foot 5 […]

SACO — The Saco Police Department is looking for the public’s help in locating two teenage girls, Jessica Gallant and Katana Plourde. Jessica is 15 years old, 5 foot 5 inches and 165 pounds with brown hair and black eyes. Police say she has ties to the Westbrook area. Katana is 16, 5 foot 5 inches […]

BIDDEFORD — The St. Vincent de Paul Society Rummage Sale is open every Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at St. James Hall in Biddeford. Shoppers are asked to use the South Street entrance. Donations of clean sale items are accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. James Hall. Mattresses, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces his second sentencing hearing in his many weeks, with a judge expected to tack on additional prison time beyond the roughly four-year punishment he has already received. Manafort faces up to 10 additional years in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday in Washington in special […]

ALFRED — A Limington man charged with killing his neighbor with a machete nearly three years ago is asking a judge to suppress evidence found as a result of the execution of search warrants conducted by Maine State Police at his home. Bruce Akers, 60, pleaded not guilty in September 2016, to the June 9 […]

PORTLAND — The trial of two Biddeford suspects charged with hates crimes was originally scheduled to begin at U.S. District Court on March 4 with jury selection, but that has been moved to May as the suspects have now been indicted by a federal grand jury for another racially motivated crime in Portland that occurred on the […]

The Southwest Airlines flights between the Portland International Jetport and Baltimore sometimes use the same Boeing 737 Max 8 airliner that was involved in two fatal crashes in the last six months. A Southwest spokesman said the company is confident of the safety of its Boeing jets. On Tuesday, spokesman Dan Landson could not say […]

A Waterville man was arrested in Mountain View, California, on Sunday after allegedly making threats against Google. Kyle Long, 33, was reported to be upset that his YouTube channel had been shut down and wanted to meet with a representative of Google, which owns YouTube, about the decision, according to a statement from the Mountain […]

AUGUSTA — Maine Senate Democrats unveiled a package of five bills on Tuesday that would attempt to rein in the cost of prescription drugs, including a proposal to create a state commission to regulate drug payments. Other bills would allow bulk importation of medications from Canada, regulate pharmacy benefit managers – which are middlemen who […]