California bans 'sell by' food labels to cut food waste and confusion

BU hockey scores on first 3 shots, breezes to easy 7-2 win over UMaine

The teams will play again Saturday at 6 p.m.

Troy Jackson wants to revive Searsport wind project

In an interview with the Midcoast Villager, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says he leans toward Mack Point over Sears Island.

How to watch BDN’s election night livestream and send questions to our panel

The show will track every major race on Maine’s ballot, from the seismic Senate contest to the open 2nd Congressional District seat and the race for governor.

DEA approvals could bring big tax benefits for medical marijuana businesses

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has for the first time issued registrations to medical marijuana dispensaries, a bureaucratic maneuver under President Donald Trump’s historic rescheduling of the drug that could pave the way for the businesses to receive tax benefits long denied the industry. The agency issued the registrations Friday to more than 900 state-licensed […]

In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of 'spoiler' candidates

By investigating an Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful over her campaign’s reported involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump’s administration is targeting a political trick that has been used in American politics for decades. The practice goes back at least to 1946, when a four-term Boston city […]