AUBURN — After finding a small dog left alone inside a car Sunday afternoon in the Walmart parking lot, a local woman called the police to save it from the extreme heat. Christal Smith said she went into Walmart when she saw the almost-lifeless pup on the seat of a car, the windows barely open. […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will visit Portland Friday to discuss the opioid epidemic with local law enforcement, according to two law enforcement sources. The event will be held at the Portland office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, where Sessions is expected to give remarks and discuss the national drug epidemic that continues its […]

A forensic audit of billing and metering issues at Central Maine Power will expand to include the company’s customer service performance. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday authorized Liberty Consulting Group, the Pennsylvania company hired to audit CMP, to expand the scope of its management audit to include the power company’s customer service and communications. Liberty […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s top health and human services official told lawmakers on Tuesday that the caseworker staff in the state’s child protective system would increase under a bill that would soon be unveiled. Ricker Hamilton, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, said he expected an upcoming bill supported by Gov. Paul LePage would recommend the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If “Roseanne” has a shot at Emmy honors, it’s because television academy voters are willing to overlook Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet that ended the revival after one triumphant season. Barr, the sitcom and its cast are vying for Emmy nominations to be announced Thursday morning. They were submitted for consideration before […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed a pipeline project has made Germany “totally controlled” by and “captive to Russia” during a combative breakfast Wednesday that kicked off what was already expected to be a fraught NATO summit. Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the U.S. protecting […]

ALFRED — Former Kennebunk High School health teacher Jill Lamontagne appeared in court Monday on a motion hearing about whether photos of text messages will be allowed as evidence at her upcoming 14-count sex trial. Lamontagne, 30, is alleged to have engaged in sex acts with a 17-year-old student in the spring of 2017. School […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. A favorite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former […]