SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was stranded for hours in frigid weather with his leg sunk up to the knee in quicksand at a creek in Utah’s Zion National Park said Tuesday that he feared he would lose his leg and might die because the quicksand’s water was so cold. Ryan Osmun, […]

SACO — When Richard Perkins of Nobleboro died at age 92 in 2014, he left behind a cache of negatives tucked away in a tin can in a closet under the basement stairs that could eventually connect families to loved ones through images not seen for almost eight decades. The black and white film negatives were […]

The superintendent of Regional School Unit 21 in Kennebunk is defending her district’s handling of racist incidents that led a black teacher to file a race-based retaliation complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission. But the superintendent’s public statement, posted on the district website in response to a Maine Sunday Telegram article, drew fire from a school […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga and her fiance, talent agent Christian Carino, have split up. A representative for the singer-actress confirmed the news to The Associated Press on Tuesday. No more details were provided. Gaga, 32, and Carino, 49, began dating in 2017. Gaga was previously engaged to actor Taylor Kinney. Gaga has a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he expected to do “very well” against the suit, adding that he had an “absolute right” to make the […]

AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are once again considering requiring schools to test drinking water for lead following the discovery of elevated levels of the harmful metal in some schools connected to public water systems. Under current law, the roughly 300 schools that draw their water from wells must test for lead at least once every three […]

SANFORD — Police in Sanford are advising residents with vehicles to lock them up or risk losing anything left inside. Since the first of the year, residents have reported 24 vehicle burglaries in Sanford, said Deputy Police Chief Tim Strout. That works out to about one every couple of days. Strout said the break-ins have […]

SANFORD — Eleven years ago, the Sanford Springvale YMCA was looking for a director for The Trafton Center, the Y’s senior center on Elm Street. At the same time, Thea Murphy, the owner of a Sanford fitness franchise and a tanning salon, was pondering the future; it was 2008, the height of the recession, and […]

WASHINGTON — Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new congressional report citing whistleblowers within the Trump administration. Lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns that Saudi Arabia could develop nuclear weapons if the U.S. […]