Maine libraries launch Library Passport Contest

Masardis woman accused of trying to burn 2 homes with a lighter

Brooke Robinson allegedly set the first fire at her ex-partner’s home after fighting with him.

Minnesota teen accused of plotting terror attack at Mall of America to remain jailed

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An 18-year-old from Minnesota who prosecutors say planned a terror attack at the Mall of America and who was arrested after buying an AK-47 from an undercover FBI employee must remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an American-born U.S. citizen of Somali descent, won’t be released because […]

Rural Maine emergency services face more calls and fewer volunteers, study finds

Sixty-three percent of departments across the state responded to the survey at the center of the study.

Penobscot County man accused of burning his own camper and car

The separate fires happened on Sept. 30 in Medway and Oct. 1 in Woodville.

Shooting near Ohio mosque leaves 1 dead but was not connected to the building, police say

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A shooting in a neighborhood near a mosque in Ohio’s capital city left one person dead Monday but was not connected to the house of worship or those who were inside, police said. Federal and local authorities descended on the area as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said […]