Three young men were injured – one of them seriously – when the car they were riding in crashed Saturday night in the Kennebec County town of China, Maine State Police said. The driver, 20-year-old Dominic Conlogue of Palermo, was listed in critical condition Sunday night at a Lewiston hospital, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman […]

The way Rep. Nicole Grohoski sees it, the time has come to do something about plastic shopping bags. The first-term Democrat from Ellsworth is one of three lawmakers who have proposed legislation to ban or discourage the use of the ubiquitous shopping bags that environmentalists have long said clog storm drains, harm wildlife and pollute […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rami Malek had difficult moments making “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but he has an Oscar to show for it. Malek, receiving the best actor trophy Sunday for his portrayal of the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, called it a “monumental moment.” He thanked members of the band in attendance. “I may not have […]

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Sunday that she is delaying a vote on her Brexit deal in Parliament, saying it should now take place by March 12, a little more than two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. The move has the potential to […]

Multiple lanes of the Maine Turnpike in Wells were closed for hours after a tractor-trailer rolled over Monday morning, according to Maine State Police. The crash was reported around 4 a.m. at Mile 16 northbound between the York and Wells exits. Troopers diverted traffic to the breakdown lane to get around the wreck, according to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has selected Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as his nominee to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump said in a pair of tweets that Craft “has done an outstanding job representing our Nation” and he has “no doubt […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filmmaker Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and images in movie history, has died. He was 94. Donen, who often teamed with Gene Kelly but also worked with […]

A Unity man was arrested after police seized from his apartment a tablet computer containing dozens of sexually explicit images of children under the age of 12. Scott Tedesco, 57, is charged with one count of possession of sexually explicit materials, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said in a news release. Members […]

A Harmony woman who lost her fiancé in a fatal crash Monday in Bingham is suffering a double loss this week, as one of the couple’s three dogs is still missing from the crash site. Brenda Cote, 46, said by phone Friday afternoon that her fiancé, Michael Handy, also of Harmony, was killed Monday night in a […]

The cost of resurfacing Maine’s busiest highway bridge this summer will be almost 50 percent more than the state estimated. Work on the Piscataqua River Bridge, which connects Kittery and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is likely to cost $52.6 million, almost $17 million over initial estimates. The bridge on Interstate 95 is Maine’s principal artery for […]