50-bed rehab hospital is opening in Bangor

California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election on statewide […]

Gray Village Hardware named Maine’s 2026 HBSDealer All Star

Gray retailer recognized for service innovation, broad capabilities and commitment to meeting the needs of southern Maine  GRAY — Gray Village Hardware has been selected as Maine’s 2026 Hardware All Star by Hardware + Building Supply Dealer magazine, earning recognition as one of just 50 independent home improvement businesses honored nationwide.  The annual Hardware All […]

ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned Thursday. The U.S. Government Accountability Office documented costly problems in several initiatives ICE has pursued since President Donald Trump […]

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta's zoo

ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. China and the zoo had said in April that Ping Ping, a male, […]

Senate to vote on resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly anxious about the Iran war, senators are set to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump ‘s military action, which has been largely blamed for the spike in fuel prices and become a flashpoint in the midterm election. The Senate vote, days after Trump’s bombastic […]