James Talbot, a former Roman Catholic priest and long-time teacher at Cheverus High School in Portland, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he sexually assaulted a boy in Freeport in the 1990s. Talbot, 80, was ordered to serve three years in prison. The full sentence on a charge of gross sexual assault was for 10 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mel Gibson will co-write and direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 Western “The Wild Bunch.” Warner Bros. on Monday confirmed that Gibson will helm the production, with Bryan Bagby to co-write the script with him. It will be Gibson’s first time directing since his 2016 World War II drama […]

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that some houses haven’t flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution. She will spend Tuesday with sandbags, watching the nearby river rise from Florence’s heavy […]

WASHINGTON — Republicans thundered into an all-out campaign to save Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination Monday as a second woman accused him of a long-ago sexual assault. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of a “smear campaign,” Kavanaugh himself complained of “smears, pure and simple” and President Donald Trump dismissed allegations against his nominee […]

A judge has ruled that district attorney candidate Seth T. Carey violated several Maine Bar Rules, including unlawful conduct stemming from his unwanted sexual advances involving a woman who lived in his Rumford home. “In this case, the court concludes that the nature of the conduct in question reflects adversely on Carey’s trustworthiness and fitness […]

A Portland woman is recovering after being stabbed Sunday night, Police said. Officers were called to Congress Square Park shortly before 10 p.m., and found the wounded woman in the immediate area. She had wounds consistent with being stabbed and was treated at Maine Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries and released. Police have not […]

A historic building in Woolwich was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The 2½-story home at 34 Hall Road, which was occupied by a married couple and their dog, was engulfed in flames by the time the first firefighting crews arrived shortly after 5 a.m. The couple and the dog made it out safely, but […]

BIDDEFORD — Residents living near South Street reconstruction work will have an opportunity to have the city hear their concerns and comments about the project this week. A public meeting will be held in the Biddeford City Council Chamber at Biddeford City Hall, 205 Main St., from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. The purpose […]

SACO — Looking for something to read or have a good book you want to pass along? Check out the newest Little Free Library on Main Street in Saco. Little Free Libraries are small book lending stations, often built to resemble miniature houses, that are overseen by a steward and stocked with books free for […]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby faced the start of a sentencing hearing Monday at which a judge will decide how to punish the 81-year-old comedian who blazed the trail for other black entertainers and donated millions to black causes but preyed on at least one young woman and perhaps many more. Cosby was the […]