Letter: The murder of Hind Rajab

Unprecedented housing development being built in Belfast

Developer Benjamin Hooper is transforming Belfast with the Little River neighborhood, a 48-home, $30 million project aimed at easing the city's critical housing shortage through high-end, energy-efficient residences.

Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groundwater needed to make concrete could threaten their livestock. The order comes as crews across the southern border race to complete one of President Donald Trump’s highest domestic priorities […]

Former UMaine star Jeremy Pena is on a hot streak for the Houston Astros

The 28-year-old Pena, a former All-America East selection, had four games with three hits and four with two during his streak entering Monday night’s game against Toronto.

Supreme Court won't halt $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused Monday to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The order signed by Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families. The […]

25 states sue over Trump's new tariffs, calling them 'pretext' to replace his old ones

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February. The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union, charging that they had not done enough to crack down on […]