Maine Medical Center said Wednesday that it has seen one confirmed case of a child with chickenpox and anyone who was in its emergency department from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 30 may have been exposed to the varicella virus. The child came to the emergency department at 22 Bramhall St. in Portland, […]

AUGUSTA — Veterans can now use some urgent care centers without first getting permission from the VA. As part of the implementation of the Veterans’ Affairs MISSION Act, veterans now have access to urgent care at participating urgent care centers without prior authorization. “If you are a rural veteran, and you cannot get down to […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Nesting pairs of endangered piping plovers have fledged 165 chicks so far this summer, a 29 percent increase over last year and a new record for the state, Maine Audubon reported Tuesday. The number of piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast jumped by more than 30 percent from last summer, […]

PORTLAND — A Sanford suspect charged with drug crimes who was the subject of an FBI manhunt last fall after failing to show up at a sober house pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and to contempt. Joshua Patrick Weldon, 26, remains in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Danny Trejo played a real-life hero when he helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car after a collision at a Los Angeles intersection. Authorities say two cars crashed Wednesday in the Sylmar neighborhood. Video aired by KABC-TV shows Trejo at the crash scene. Trejo says he crawled into the wrecked […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from June 23 to June 30: • Connor Perry, 21, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts was issued a summons for drinking in public. • Georges Bigeni, 22, of Saco, was issued a summons for drinking in […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez became Puerto Rico’s new governor Wednesday, just the second woman to hold the office, after weeks of political turmoil and hours after the island’s Supreme Court declared Pedro Pierluisi’s swearing-in a week ago unconstitutional. Accompanied by her husband, Judge Jorge Díaz, and one of her […]

WATERBORO – As opening day draws closer for Maine school children, one school district is beefing up their efforts to keep students safe as they get on and off the bus. And in a separate program, they’re also looking to keep parents – and students – better informed about bus routes, where the bus is […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El Paso opened a grief center on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend’s mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were killed and many others were wounded. The center opened a day before President Donald Trump was due to visit the border […]