Meet the Mainers who want Graham Platner to stay in the Senate race

Maine Democrats want a 600-person convention to pick Graham Platner’s replacement

The proposal would mark the first time Maine Democrats have used a convention of this scale to replace a statewide nominee.

No, Patrick Dempsey is not running to replace Graham Platner

Dempsey put the speculation to rest on Wednesday in an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, titled “Why I’m not running for US Senate.”

Second person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force member

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A member of a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot and killed a person there on Wednesday, the second fatal shooting by a task force member in four days. The Wednesday shooting occurred while U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents were serving a drug warrant out of Shelby County at around […]

UMaine freshman slugger who led America East in homers is transferring

Troy Carpenter led America East in homers with 16 and earned a spot on the league’s All-Rookie team this past spring.

In a surprise swap, Trump flies back from Turkey in an old Air Force One, not the Qatari-gifted jet

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump flew home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet he arrived in, a surprise swap that came as the U.S. and Iran once again began trading strikes. Trump […]