WASHINGTON (AP) — The trade war that erupted Friday between the U.S. and China carries a major risk of escalation that could weaken investment, depress spending, unsettle financial markets and slow the global economy. The opening shots were fired just after midnight, when the Trump administration imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of imports from […]

A three-vehicle crash Thursday along the Naples Causeway on Route 302 caused serious injuries to a motorcyclist who was crushed between two vehicles, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. The crash occurred about 1:07 p.m. when a Nissan pickup truck driven by 74-year-old Malcolm Buchanan of Casco stopped along the causeway to allow pedestrians to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease. With Pruitt’s departure, President Donald Trump loses an administrator many conservatives regarded as one of the more effective members of his Cabinet. But Pruitt had also been dogged for months […]

YORK COUNTY — As temperatures rose to record-breaking highs throughout New England this week, officials are reminding people to take precaution when hot weather hits. The National Weather Service posted a heat advisory for York County, and much of Maine, on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. With humidity rising, the weather service said […]

BIDDEFORD — Overnight construction near the Maine Turnpike’s Biddeford Interchange is proceeding and is expected to be completed this fall. In May, workers from Scott Construction of Portland began efforts to replace an expansion joint and make deck repairs on the Route 111 Bridge over the turnpike. Construction begins each evening after 10 p.m. and wraps […]

HARTLAND — Christopher Gibson was ready to board a fellow boater who had run out of fuel Wednesday in the middle of Morrill Pond when his family’s Fourth of July fun suddenly burst into flames. Gibson, 43, of Acworth, Georgia, and seven other people — all under the age of 16 — were rescued Wednesday […]

SPRINGVALE — Sanford Police have identified the man who died while swimming in the Mousam River at Holdsworth Park on Thursday as Michael Lancaster, 64, of Sanford. Deputy Police Chief Tim Strout said witnesses told police that a man had been swimming in the river when he became distressed and called out for help. “Bystanders […]