THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to civil aviation safety. The ruling by the International Court of Justice is legally binding, but the Trump administration said the U.S. was terminating […]

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump ignited a crowd at a campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday by mocking a woman who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades ago. The audience laughed as Trump ran through a list of what he described as holes in Christine Blasey […]

BIDDEFORD — If you ask Chris Jones what he’s been up to lately, he’ll tell you that in every walk with nature, one receives far more than they seek, and in his case, a whole lot of people are going to benefit from what he’s accomplished in 2018. Jones, 25, is a 2011 graduate of Biddeford […]

WATERBORO – On Nov. 6, Waterboro voters will be casting their ballots in the Town Hall, rather than at the East building at Massabesic High School. In Waterboro, the issue is safety, school officials say, partly due to the location of the East building. The East building is separate from the main high school campus. […]

BIDDEFORD — For the third time in three years, a great white shark has been detected in southern Maine waters by University of New England professor James Sulikowski. Sulikowski learned last week that an acoustic receiver detected a 12-foot female white shark on Sept. 2 off Stratton Island, about 3 miles off Old Orchard Beach. […]

KITTERY (AP) — The number of parties intending to sue the town of Kittery over a bus crash that injured 11 summer campers is growing. The Portsmouth Herald reports that five notices of intent to sue have been filed following the Kittery Community Center bus crash. The campers were on the way to a water […]

ALFRED — A Massachusetts man found guilty of criminal restraint and domestic violence assault in relation to an incident that occurred in Biddeford at a University of New England dormitory room will be sentenced later this month. After a two-day trial, a jury at York County Superior Court found  Nicholas Norton, 20, of Massachusetts guilty […]

For an ever-changing perspective on the fall foliage, try viewing the colors from a higher elevation by hiking, driving or taking a ski lift up one of New England’s mountains. The foliage starts to turn orange, deep red and gold first in the mountains and other colder spots. The color emerges as the days shorten […]

Sen. Susan Collins wants the FBI to investigate the allegations brought by Julie Swetnick as part of the agency’s probe of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Collins and Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska “advocated for the additional background investigation because she believed that it could help the senators evaluate […]

To save the endangered right whale, advocates are proposing major changes that would upend the New England lobster fishery. Proposals to close the fishery in the western Gulf of Maine south of Cape Elizabeth during April, cut the number of seabed-to-surface lines that can entangle whales, and become a ropeless fishery by 2020 are among […]