HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea’s delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. So who’s telling the […]

Two students at Bonny Eagle Middle School in Buxton were charged with terrorizing Thursday after allegedly threatening to bring weapons to school to attack fellow students, staff and teachers. Buxton Police Chief Troy Cline, in a telephone interview, said that if other middle school students had not intervened and warned school staff, the situation could […]

An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail sent a threatening letter to a woman he had victimized in a domestic violence attack, Maine State Police said. State police said in a Facebook post that they issued a warrant for felony terrorizing against 25-year-old Shaun Webster of Buxton. The victim received the letter at her Hollis […]

SACO — First Parish Congregational Church, UCC in Saco is hosting a drive-thru prayer event on Saturday in conjunction with World Prayer Day. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the church, which is located at the corner of Main and Beach streets in Saco. There will be caring people on […]

BIDDEFORD — Lawmakers are currently considering a bill proposed by State Rep. Ryan Fecteau of Biddeford that would ban the practice commonly known as “conversion therapy” in Maine. Fecteau, a Democrat who serves as Assistant House Majority Leader, said that the practice is harmful and has been discredited in other states nationally. “LGBTQ youth do not […]

BANGOR — Maine’s highest court has denied another appeal of a Guilford man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and the toddler she was babysitting. Jeffrey Cookson sought a new trial for the 1999 killings in Dexter based on a provision of Maine’s DNA statute. His attorneys argued that a DNA test of hair found on […]

  WASHINGTON — A small bipartisan group of senators, including one from Maine, planned to introduce a resolution Thursday aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to finance additional miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.The proposal is identical to the one-sentence measure the Democratic-controlled House approved earlier this week. The […]

FREEPORT — It’s a little tried-and-true on bottom, a little millennial on top. L.L.Bean announced Thursday that it had partnered with another company for the first time to put a new twist on its classic Bean boot, working with the Maine startup Flowfold to replace the boot’s leather uppers with the tough sailcloth that Flowfold […]

HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when “to walk.” But the stunning collapse revealed the limits of his unique brand of personal diplomacy and raised concerns about future efforts to disarm a global threat. Eyeing the history books and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Oprah Winfrey interview with two men who say Michael Jackson sexually abused them as boys will air immediately after a documentary on the men. HBO and the Oprah Winfrey Network announced Wednesday that the special, “Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland,” will air simultaneously on both channels Monday at 10 p.m. […]