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

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 […]

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Maine’s 72-hour waiting period to buy guns

The case challenged the waiting period on grounds that it violated the plaintiffs’ 2nd Amendment rights.

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned to fly to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device in a conference room to glean company details had been “mere days” away from absconding to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, federal prosecutors said in new court filings. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, was also fired from his job […]

US airman who died after rappel fall at a college football game in Texas is identified

The U.S. airman who died after a rapid fall while rappelling from the rafters of a stadium before a college football game in Texas was a 15-year service member from Georgia, according to the Air Force. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson died after being taken to a hospital following Saturday’s fall at the […]