ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The bookkeeper said Paul Manafort submitted fake financial documents. The accountant testified he hid foreign bank accounts. And a series of businessmen said he used international wire transfers to pay for millions of dollars in luxury items. On Friday, a tax preparer even admitted that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — FX is diversifying its offerings, picking up a drama about a cutting-edge tech company starring Nick Offerman, sinking resources into a limited series based in feudal Japan and returning for a fourth series of “Fargo,” this time with Chris Rock. The network revealed some of its upcoming plans Friday and […]

Bacteria levels rose again this week at East End Beach in Portland, prompting a swim advisory to be posted on Friday by the city, eight days after the beach was closed because of a city sewage overflow. The swim advisory warns beachgoers that swimming with high levels of bacteria may cause illness. An estimated 1.5 […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crews battling deadly Northern California wildfires braced for a weekend of windy, hot weather that could drive the flames into new areas and threaten more homes. The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings of critical fire weather conditions through Saturday night, saying a series of dry low-pressure systems passing through […]

SACO — A deceptive marketing flyer has arrived in mailboxes in the city of Saco soliciting potential customers with a bold headline, “TOWN WATER NOTICE.” As a result, the company that actually provides public water service to the people of Saco has issued a consumer warning. “This mailer isn’t from Maine Water Company, and it’s […]

In a few weeks, 17-year-old amateur meteorologist Jack Sillin will leave a lot of things behind – his hometown of Yarmouth, his high school, the coastal byways of his native Maine. But if all goes to plan, he’ll be able to keep his lifelong passion for predicting the weather. Though the recent high school graduate […]

WARREN — A 28-year-old Lewiston man had asked to be moved to another room out of concern for his safety shortly before he died, according to another inmate who has since been released from the Bolduc Correctional Facility. Dana R. Bartlett died shortly before 6 p.m. June 24 at the facility also known as the prison […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Governor’s Energy Office says the price of heating oil in Maine has dipped but remains above last year’s prices due to rising global crude oil prices. The statewide average cash price for No. 2 heating oil was $2.72 per gallon this week. The office says that the price has remained steady since March, but is […]

ALFRED — York County Commissioners have referred a 2011 case that involved allegations of strong-arm tactics by two sheriff’s deputies on behalf of a retired Portland detective and its aftermath to York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery for review. The 2011 allegations resulted in a federal civil suit against the county in 2017. It was […]