NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Weakened but still potent, Barry inundated the Gulf Coast but appeared unlikely to deluge New Orleans as it continued its slow advance. Still, Gov. John Bel Edwards on Saturday night urged residents across south Louisiana to stay “vigilant,” warning that Barry could still cause disastrous flooding across a wide stretch of the Gulf […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A power outage crippled the tourist-filled heart of Manhattan just as Saturday night Broadway shows were set to go on, sending theater-goers spilling into siren-filled streets, knocking out Times Square’s towering electronic screens and bringing subway lines to a near halt. Electricity was restored to customers and businesses in midtown Manhattan […]

After a student party marking the end of the school year a few weeks ago, a report came in to officials in Kennebunk’s Regional School Unit 21 about a video of two high schoolers who appeared to be drinking and repeating variations of a racial slur. The video might have disappeared and never been brought […]

A man has died after being hit by a car on Cumberland Avenue in Portland while riding a skateboard earlier this week, officials at Maine Medical Center say. Wayne Harwood, 25, passed away Friday night. His family has been notified. He was taken to Maine Med after being struck by a passing car at the […]

While the Affordable Care Act is under attack in the courts, Maine’s three providers of individual insurance in the ACA marketplace have requested relatively small average rate increases for 2020, ranging from 1 percent to just under 8 percent. Insurers in Maine said lower rate increase requests stem from lower-than-expected claims in 2018 and the […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The mystery of the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee took yet another twist Saturday following excavations this week at a Vatican City cemetery. The Vatican said it had discovered two sets of bones under a stone slab that will be formally opened next week. The new […]

LEBANON — Maine State Police have reported that Route 202 in Lebanon will be closed for an unspecified amount of time Sunday afternoon. Maine State Police posted on Facebook around 12:30 p.m. that Route 202 in Lebanon near Northeast Motor Sports was closed for an unknown length of time due to a serious motor vehicle crash. […]

BUXTON — A Buxton man was arrested Friday on assault and other charges after allegedly pushing two female Department of Health and Human Services workers. Police officers from Saco and Buxton went to a home on Friday at 66 Town Farm Road to assist two DHHS workers in an investigation, according to a press release from […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding to the lengthy list of departures from President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he’s stepping down amid the tumult over his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing underage girls. Trump, with Acosta at his side, […]