US charges son of Ecuador's former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking

New limits on federal student loans are steering many borrowers toward private lenders

NEW YORK (AP) — New limits on federal student loans filled Chloe Frabotta with anxiety as she began studying in New York City to become a physician assistant. The changes that took effect this fall include caps on loans for particular programs as well as limits on the amount parents can borrow to pay for […]

Letter: We can’t afford to get AI development wrong

“The analogy I would pose is nuclear weapons and nuclear energy: Imagine if during its development, we were not aware of how truly dangerous it was and used the same mentality of rapid progress "make it, break it, fix it" or if Boeing had the same approach of building aircraft.”

I was inside Susan Collins’ campaign in its final hours. Here’s what I saw.

"For a photojournalist, access like this is rare," veteran BDN photographer Linda Coan O'Kresik writes.

Every deer camp has a story about the buck that got away. This was ours.

"After three seasons, the legend of Sneaky Pete was firmly cemented in deer hunting lore at Tucker Ridge," Outdoors contributor John Floyd writes.

An illegally killed bull moose became an unusual classroom lesson for Maine students 

East Grand High School students in Danforth got a hands-on lesson in processing wild game Wednesday.