LOS ANGELES Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year. The singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage, […]

JERUSALEM ( AP) — Assailants targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia in near- simultaneous strikes today, wounding two people in a car bombing in New Delhi, officials said. Israel said an attempted car bombing in Georgia was thwarted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly accused archenemy Iran, and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah. “Today we […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The University of Southern Maine is encouraging talking in the library. Stacks of books on the second floor of the Glickman Family Library have been removed and the space has been revamped into a colorful, open area for collaborative study. The Learning Commons includes tutors who can help with research, writing […]

THORNDIKE (AP) — Police say a Unity man has died after a tree fell on him while he was in the woods of Thorndike chopping wood. Police say 75-year-old Clair Lewis had been using a chain saw to cut a tree on his wooded property off Parsons Valley Road on Saturday morning. The tree that […]

BINGHAM (AP) — Authorities in Maine are investigating the unexplained death of a Massachusetts man found dead in the driveway of a Bingham home. State police say 61-year-old Ernest Sayers of Haverhill, Mass. was found by a resident on the ground at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the driveway of a home on Baker Street. […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A bill addressing domestic violence, prompted by the killings of a family in Dexter last June, is coming up for a legislative hearing. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee was scheduled to take testimony on the bill this morning. Rep. Ken Fredette’s bill amends the Maine Bail Code to provide […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The leader of Maine’s Catholic church says the diocese is investigating allegations of sex abuse against a retired priest. Bishop Richard Malone said a complaint filed with the church in November alleges that the Rev. Antonin “Tony” Caron was involved in incidents from 1982 to 1986 while he was a priest […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The Maine Turnpike says the interchange bridge at Exit 53 of the toll road will be reduced to one-lane traffic. The change, which begins today, is due to removal and replacement of the existing bridge deck. In order to maintain traffic on the bridge, traffic lights will be installed. Motorists should […]

TURNER ( AP) — Maine wardens say they’ve recovered the body of a snowmobiler who had been missing since leaving his home on Friday. The Maine Warden Service says the body of 46-year-old Joey Mann of Dixfield was located Sunday by a volunteer searcher who spotted what appeared to be a helmet in the Androscoggin […]

BINGHAM ( AP) — This winter’s lack of snow has some resorts and businesses that rely on snowmobilers’ dollars worrying as the Presidents’ Day holiday week approaches. Conditions have improved recently across many northern communities, but businesses still worry about attracting visitors to the south, where unseasonably warm temperatures have people skittish of taking a […]