LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox recorded “Sisters Are Doin’ it For Themselves” in 1985, the Queen of Soul tried out a pointed ad lib for the empowerment anthem. ″‘Equal pay, that’s what we say!’” she exclaimed in one take, as recounted by Lennox at a gathering of female filmmakers last […]

A New Hampshire woman was unconscious when Fryeburg police officers found her lying in bushes Saturday evening along the Saco River. She was transported by airboat to an ambulance, in which she was treated before being released. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said the 45-year-old woman, whose name is not being released, told members of […]

A 30-year-old York County man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Wells. The Wells Police Department, in a news release posted on its Facebook page, identified the victim as Justin Bryant of Biddeford and Wells. Bryant was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred when his white Toyota Corolla […]

AUBURN — The man who was fatally shot Saturday evening in the parking lot of Walmart was identified Sunday as Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner. Fournier was shot twice in the back in a possible case of road rage, according to police. He died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. No one had been […]

GILROY, Calif. (AP) — A gunman cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire at Northern California’s popular Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three and wounding at least 15 before police fatally shot him as terrified people and performers ran for cover. Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said the gunman was armed with a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration that has exacerbated racial tensions. Trump lashed out in tweets against Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Oversight Committee chairman, claiming […]

SCARBOROUGH — Since it opened in 1950, Scarborough Downs has been the flagship of the state’s horse racing industry, once referred to as “Maine’s Showplace of Harness Racing.” But when it was sold in January 2018 to a local group of developers, it seemed to mark the final chapter for a faltering racetrack that had the look […]

BOSTON — Commander Thomas Crane assumed command of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell from Commander Mark McDonnell during a change-of-command ceremony, Friday at Station Portsmouth Harbor in New Castle, New Hampshire. McDonnell is scheduled to report to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. “I had the opportunity to work alongside some of the most dedicated and talented men and women who […]

SANFORD — More than two dozen people remain out of their residences after being displaced by a fire at an apartment building in Sanford on Friday night. Sanford firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze at the Kingsley Apartments, 17 Washington St. in Sanford, about 8:15 p.m. Friday. Arriving at the scene, fire crews extracted an […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — There’s no place like home for “The Brady Bunch,” even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast members and rekindled the show’s spirit. “We enjoy being together, doing other projects, but […]