WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. are issuing a public health alert because of concerns about Salmonella illnesses reported in the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States that may be associated with raw chicken products. The Empire Kosher brand raw chicken items, which may include raw whole […]

PORTLAND — Surveillance video, DNA, and a footprint from a pair of Adidas slide sandals helped investigators build their case against a Gilead woman who pleaded guilty Thursday to torching vehicles at a Lebanon towing company in 2016. Jaymi Hutchins, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to maliciously damaging and destroying property used in […]

The lawyers for the man accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy have asked a judge to throw out his alleged confession, arguing that he had been beaten by the arresting officers and feared further physical violence if he didn’t cooperate with the state police detectives who interrogated him. Verne E. Paradie Jr., a […]

AUGUSTA — A Gardiner man pleaded guilty Thursday to a home invasion in which people allegedly were held at gunpoint by a co-defendant who demanded the return of a safe containing his drugs and money. Scott E. York, 42, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his conviction on the burglary and criminal threatening charges stemming […]

A woman who claims she was drugged at a holiday party for a Portland marketing firm is suing her former employer, claiming she was fired after asking for accommodations while she recovered. Diana Salas said she was drugged at the party for TrueLine Publishing on Dec. 18, 2016. Her federal lawsuit said Hamjil Carr, the […]

State officials are throwing cold water on the idea of putting up a five-foot tall granite tombstone at the site of a lobster truck crash in Brunswick. An animal rights group known for attention-getting publicity stunts to draw attention to their cause asked permission to erect a five-foot tall granite tombstone on the side of Route 1 […]

A federal judge has denied a motion by Gov. Paul LePage to dismiss a suit filed by two Maine women who were blocked from the Republican governor’s Facebook page after they made comments critical of him. Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. denied LePage’s motion to have the suit dismissed in a ruling issued in U.S. […]

PHOENIX — Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician Thursday that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Addressing an estimated 3,500 mourners, […]