UMaine goaltending duo pulls off rare feat with back-to-back shutouts

This fossil may look like a mini T. rex, but a Nanotyrannus just sold for a giant $47 million

NEW YORK (AP) — A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world’s most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus — recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a young specimen — sold for $47.3 million to a mystery buyer at auction […]

AP sources: Federal agents search Beverly Hills mansion in investigation of ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, a law enforcement official and two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. Agents searched the home of wealthy developer […]

Tennessee inmate serving life for murder stole a truck after slipping through the prison fence

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison and stole a truck from a nearby farm remained free on Tuesday, authorities said. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was found to be missing from the Northwest Correctional Complex late on Sunday. The Tennessee Bureau of […]

Utah authorities are connecting serial killer Ted Bundy to another 1970s homicide

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy. The Summit County sheriff and county attorney “will provide information regarding the investigation, the findings that led to this conclusion, and the decision to close the case,” the sheriff’s office said. […]

What Maine’s latest loon count revealed

Maine Audubon estimates that 2,770 adult loons and 276 chicks were on lakes in southern Maine this summer.