DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh today, killing 30 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said. Local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan said about 35 people were rescued after the ferry sank on the Meghna River after colliding with a cargo boat […]

BALANDI, Afghanistan Taliban militants opened fire today on a delegation of senior Afghan officials — including two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers — visiting villages in southern Afghanistan where a U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The attack came as students in the east staged the first significant protest in response to Sunday’s […]

BALTIMORE ( AP) — Wednesday is March 14, or 3- 14, the first three digits of the number pi. With that in mind, the Maryland Science Center will be celebrating Pi Day with events dedicated to all things related to pi, and even pie. Pi is the uneven ratio of a circle’s circumference to its […]

ROME ( AP) — Since the start of the month it has been illegal to die in Falciano del Massico, a village of 3,700 people some 30 miles from Naples in southern Italy. Mayor Giulio Cesare Fava issued the tongue- in- cheek decree because the village has no cemetery and it is feuding with a […]

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are investigating how a missing southern New Jersey toddler ended up dead in a nearby septic tank. Lakewood police say the 2- year- old was found in the underground sewage tank on Monday night. Authorities say she may have fallen through a hole into the tank, which is used for […]

MOUNT STERLING, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio officer whose use of a stun gun on a child resulted in the shutdown of a village police force says he shocked the boy twice as the 9- year- old lay on the floor with his hands underneath his body. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/ycZmrf ) details of […]

BELFAST (AP) — A Searsport man has been charged with having sexual contact with three pre-teen children. Authorities say 31-year-old Brian Doucette was arraigned Monday at Waldo County Superior Court. Bail was set at $ 25,000. He is accused of committing crimes against children in Searsport, Winterport and Stockton Springs. The alleged abuse dates back […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine House wants to give state workers the same rights as private workers who were allowed last year to bring concealed weapons to work, as long as they’re locked and out of sight. The House on Monday approved the bill 84-55, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Republican Rep. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for breaking into a neighbor’s home in the town of China and sexually assaulting her just minutes after her husband had left for work. James Bickford was sentenced Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court to 25 years, with 15 to serve […]