Bryant deals UMaine football a sixth straight loss

Husson, UNE pick up football victories

Husson University of Bangor and Biddeford’s University of New England picked up small college football wins on Saturday. Husson beat New England College 42-0 for its second straight win and UNE dealt Castine’s Maine Maritime Academy its 38th straight loss, 62-14. The state’s other three NCAA Division III teams, New England Small College Athletic Conference […]

Suspected midcoast drug deal leads to discovery of starving dogs

When officers went to the suspect's home for a probation check, they found two malnourished dogs in cages filled with feces.

No Kings rallies across U.S. urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms

Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were being held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections. The hundreds of planned events were being billed as nonpartisan, though they sought to build on nearly two […]

Fisherman, 71, attacked and killed by 12-foot alligator alongside Florida lake

A 71-year-old man fishing on the shore of a Florida pond was attacked and killed on Friday by a nearly 12-foot alligator, the second fatal such attack reported this year. Steven Hamilton of Winter Garden was standing on the shoreline of Lake Apopka at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park, 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Orlando, […]

America's politically divided Jewish community braces for Israel's elections

NEW YORK (AP) — Jewish Americans feel they have a lot at stake in this month’s contentious elections in Israel as three years of Mideast conflicts rile up emotions across the United States, from street protests to the midterm races. But they are sharply divided along political, religious and often generational lines on the preferred […]