Federal appeals court hears arguments over Maine limits on super PACs

Can scientists track sharks in real time? A UMaine researcher explains

ORONO — Discovery’s Shark Week began Sunday. And right on cue, a nearly 14-foot great white shark is making headlines. Contender, the largest male white shark tagged in the western North Atlantic, was recently detected near North Carolina’s Outer Banks. OCEARCH tagged him off Florida and Georgia in January 2025. Contender is not one of […]

A poacher killed a doe and left her body to rot in a Maine apple orchard

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How views on Trump’s handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The results are a stark repudiation of the Republican president’s approach to the conflict, which has dragged on far longer […]

Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard

The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son. “He ran into that water despite those conditions that are deadly. You have 10 foot waves; you have riptides and currents coming […]

Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting record low water levels on one of Europe’s largest rivers, disrupting tourism and industry and confronting residents with the realities of climate change. The […]