CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions

First Mainers who received $500 Alfond Grant at birth now putting it toward college

Nearly 185,000 children have received the grants since the program was started in 2008.

Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say DNA evidence ties one of their former homicide detectives to the decades-old murder of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted as she was walking to church more than 65 years ago. Gloria Kowalewicz was found shot dead in a ditch in 1960, just hours after she went missing. Chicago […]

Down East man charged with murder makes 1st appearance

Jeremy Stevens of Indian Township is charged in the fatal shooting of Cory Fields on Saturday.

Hannaford website down after parent company reports cybersecurity incident

The announcement from the Dutch company comes as separate cyberattacks caused refrigeration systems to overheat at hundreds of grocery stores in France.

Cornell suspends fraternity parties, gives state police role in investigating campus assault reports

Cornell University is suspending parties and other social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year and will give the New York State Police a role in investigating sex crimes on campus, university officials announced Tuesday, amid mounting outrage over its handling of allegations that a female student was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house in 2024. The measures announced by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff include a suspension of all parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and a new “zero tolerance” policy for violations that would result in […]