New Ellsworth nonprofit seeks to raise $1M to buy Hancock County newspapers

Hegseth visits the long-deployed USS Lincoln to bestow a top award before the ship returns home

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln a high-level award during a visit to the aircraft carrier Wednesday, a day before the ship returns home to San Diego after a record-long deployment in support of the Iran war. The Presidential Unit Citation, the highest honor a […]

Federal appeals judges don't reveal how they'll rule on Saudi Arabia's effort to end 9/11 litigation

NEW YORK (AP) — Family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks packed a federal appeals courtroom in New York City on Wednesday as three judges heard arguments over whether legal claims against Saudi Arabia can proceed. The judges revealed through their questions that there are still many legal issues to be decided […]

Juniper Ridge’s contaminated wastewater to be treated in Brewer

The wastewater will be treated in Brewer while a proposed off-site PFAS treatment system is being built in Hampden.

Fall foliage is peaking in Bangor this week and headed for the coast

We’re into the part of Maine’s fall foliage show when there are no bad seats.

Appeals court reverses convictions in kidnapping and terrorism case involving 3-year-old boy's death

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated kidnapping convictions in a case involving the death of a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia in 2017 and later turned up dead at a squalid compound in New Mexico. The boy’s father and other family members were sentenced to life in prison in […]