UMaine Extension partners with area organizations to offer strawberry production workshop

This fossil may look like a mini T. rex, but a Nanotyrannus just sold for a giant $47 million

NEW YORK (AP) — A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world’s most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus — recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a young specimen — sold for $47.3 million to a mystery buyer at auction […]

Cornell faces questions over dorm assignment for student disciplined in sexual assault case

One of the seven Cornell University students disciplined in connection with an alleged 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house returned to campus this fall after a three-semester suspension and was placed in a co-ed dorm with a roommate who had no idea about his past, according to a professor familiar with the housing arrangement. […]

UMaine goaltending duo pulls off rare feat with back-to-back shutouts

It's just the third time in the program’s 50-year history when the Black Bears swept a team with back-to-back shutouts with two different goalies.

AP sources: Federal agents search Beverly Hills mansion in investigation of ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, a law enforcement official and two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. Agents searched the home of wealthy developer […]

Tennessee inmate serving life for murder stole a truck after slipping through the prison fence

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison and stole a truck from a nearby farm remained free on Tuesday, authorities said. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was found to be missing from the Northwest Correctional Complex late on Sunday. The Tennessee Bureau of […]