WISCASSET — Wiscasset could collect more than $8 million for the 64 containers of nuclear waste stored at the former Maine Yankee power plant site. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, introduced the Sensible, Timely Relief for America’s Nuclear Districts Economic Development (STRANDED) Act earlier this month, aimed at providing financial relief […]

PORTLAND — A Biddeford man has been sentenced in federal court to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Joshua Kaufman, 33, was sentenced on Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Portland. He pleaded guilty to the charged on Jan. 23. Law enforcement seized about […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty years after humanity’s first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA’s court. The White House wants U.S. astronauts on the moon pronto — by 2024, a scant five years from now. The moon will serve as a critical proving ground, the thinking goes, for the real prize of sending […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Did Facebook get a slap on the wrist? The Federal Trade Commission’s record $5 billion fine and new oversight of Facebook is a serious attempt to rein in the world’s largest social media network after years of privacy mishaps. But it doesn’t go as far as the company’s biggest critics would have […]

DETROIT — Joe Biden rarely lets a public event pass without reminding voters of his work alongside President Barack Obama. But the former vice president insisted on Wednesday that he’s not overly relying on that relationship to fuel his 2020 White House bid. “It’s not a crutch,” Biden said during a forum in Detroit sponsored […]

AUBURN — After six years working in art departments on movies, including “Iron Man 2” and “Django Unchained,” Auburn native Breanna Wing wanted to be in front of the camera. Quentin Tarantino gave her a shot. Wing plays “Cheyenne the hippie hitchhiker” in Tarantino’s new film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a part for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It took seven months, but President Donald Trump on Tuesday finally got a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense to succeed Jim Mattis. Mark Esper, an Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, won Senate confirmation by a vote of 90-8 and was sworn in at the White House by Supreme Court Justice Samuel […]

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS chose the middle of the summer for Norah O’Donnell to debut as “CBS Evening News” anchor, so probably should not be surprised that not too many people noticed. The Nielsen company said that 5.24 million people watched her newscast each day on average last week. That’s essentially unchanged from the […]