An official takes back his claim that the painting, stolen from a Cairo museum, had been found.

Economic fallout from the BP disaster complicates hurricane victims’ efforts to get back on their feet.

Beefed-up security, better weather and the memory of a May tragedy help take the fight out of the night.

Restoring a musical tradition at an Alaskan cathedral requires rebuilding and learning.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is on a 15-day Mideast tour, says radical religious views pose a security threat in both the West and the Muslim world.

RAYMOND – Over the winter, the board will consider options for managing the problems at the beach, which include lack of supervision and an abundance of waste. RAYMOND – It’s official. Raymond Beach is closed for the summer. At Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting, the board voted unanimously to shut the beach for the season. Over […]

Head to OOB, where neon never seems to go out of style, and check out the Oasis Bar and Grille. Although the place might need to get a new sign for next summer because it’s recently discontinued its kitchen items, it’s still a bar near the beach, so the Oasis part makes sense. Chris Steele […]

The “Big Jump.” It’s a summer rite of passage in Maine’s island communities to leap off the dock into the wake of a departing ferry. Organizers of the annual Big Jump on Cliff Island on Wednesday challenged islanders and visitors: How many people can we get to jump? Shortly after noon, just as the Casco […]

BRUSSELS – Belgium is set to embark on a radical plan to sterilize most cats in the country by 2016, an official said Wednesday, confirming a report by the Sud Presse newspaper group. The measure is meant to solve the problem of feline overpopulation. In a country of over 10 million people, there are an […]