UMaine hockey’s performance in OT loss was encouraging after Friday’s embarrassment

Midterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country

Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday could propel into office the first Native American female governor and Native women senators, the first Black female governor,the first […]

Maine high school field hockey regional title games slated Wednesday

The state championship games will take place on Saturday at Edward Little High School in Auburn.

Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the US Southwest

PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The massive amounts of water that flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest turned some communities into lakes of mud, leaving residents dealing with the loss of homes and businesses as they started cleaning up Tuesday. Jack Ellis, a retired school teacher, surveyed the damage along the San Juan River in […]

Providence men’s basketball pulls away from UMaine for season-opening win

Freshman guard Hudson Franz led UMaine and netted a team-high 13 points to go with three rebounds.

A woman running the NYC marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish

NEW YORK (AP) — A young Pennsylvania woman running the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for charity collapsed in Central Park, just over two miles from the finish line, and later died. Rachel Apa, 24, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was approaching the 24-mile mark of the 26.2 mile race Sunday […]