Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

Virginia's attorney general says DHS may have violated state election law after whistleblower report

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Jay Jones demanded that DHS confirm […]

Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. “There’s an injunction so we’re not doing anything,” […]

Maine woman harvests sea salt on remote offshore island

Twenty-three miles from the closest grocery store through the saltiest of seas, there was no running out to pick some up.

Bangor Public Library is displaying one of the earliest Declaration of Independence copies

The showing is part of the first statewide tour for the Maine Historical Society’s copy of the document.

A judge rejects Pamela Smart’s latest bid for a new trial in 1990 accomplice to murder case

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge on Thursday dismissed the latest petition for a new trial from Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student more than three decades ago. Smart, 59, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began […]