Maine joins growing national debate over minimum rates for ride-share drivers

Acclaimed Maine author Ron Currie visits Ellsworth Public Library

ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Public Library will host award-winning Maine author Ron Currie this Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. for a conversation about his latest novel “We Will See You Bleed” (2025) — a book with strong Maine roots.  The novel, the second in Currie’s Waterville trilogy, is currently being adapted for Netflix by […]

California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

STANFORD, California (AP) — Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics. But it wasn’t long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the attention for a […]

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US

NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated […]

AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concerns

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence insiders warned New York City’s leaders about the dangers of the emerging technology on Monday, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting concerns that the systems could endanger humanity. At a hearing of the New York City Council, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI […]

Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court heard opposing arguments Monday over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands […]