SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen states and the District of Columbia sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. “We wish to protect children from irreparable harm,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said as he announced the lawsuit he […]

Police staking out a roadside firewood stand Saturday night in response to a string of thefts arrested a man after he allegedly stole money from the stand’s cash receptacle. Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office were doing surveillance near Roosevelt Trail in Casco as part of their investigation into a string of thefts at […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England Class of 2023 will begin classes on Wednesday, but students got a head-start in learning about their local community through a service project on Monday. Nearly 600 students were bused from the Biddeford campus on Monday to do community service work at locations throughout the city, including Second […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Murphy will be returning to a place that helped launch his career — “Saturday Night Live.” The comedian will be the host of the sketch comedy show on Dec. 21, marking the former cast member’s first hosting appearance since 1984. Murphy was a cast member from 1980 to 1984, starring […]

State environment officials are monitoring a patchy bloom of phytoplankton in Casco Bay that can harm marine life but poses no health risk to swimmers, beachgoers or people who eat seafood, a top state environmental official said Monday. The Department of Marine Resources is monitoring a bloom of Karenia mikimotoi that stretches from Chebeague Island to […]

AUGUSTA — The state Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that would allow Mainers to use ranked-choice voting during the presidential primaries in March. It was unclear heading into Monday’s special session whether the  Senate would take up the bill to allow voters to rank candidates when they head to the polls on […]

UNITY — A fast-moving fire Monday destroyed a two-story barn on Albion Road and damaged an adjacent mobile home, rendering it uninhabitable. The cause of the fire at 562 Albion Road, which is also state Route 202, is unknown, according to Unity fire Chief Blaine Parsons, who was at the scene. “It extended into the […]

SANFORD –  If one were to ask Dr. John McGuckin what he considers to be of the utmost importance when seeing a patient, he’d likely say listening and observing. McGuckin, who is retiring from his medical practice, has been listening and observing patients – and then applying experience and medical knowledge – since he and […]

KENNEBUNK —  In an effort to educate parents, caregivers and anyone who works with young adults about the characteristic warning signs of substance misuse, next month RSU 21 and the Kennebunk Police Department are hosting the RALI Cares Hope Trailer, an attention-getting exhibit and virtual tour of a teenager’s bedroom, ground zero for the tell-tale […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslaughter, their attorneys said. Nursing home patients at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, ranging in age from 57 to 99, began dying three days […]