High Peaks Alliance volunteers improve Tumbledown Trail

Long-dormant court holds fits first public hearing as the US seeks to deport an Afghan woman

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s activation of a long-dormant court to seek an Afghan woman’s deportation violates her constitutional rights, a defense lawyer argued Thursday at a hearing for the first case to be heard in the obscure court since its creation 30 years ago. Attorney Matthew Farley urged the chief judge of the […]

Maine man allegedly hit another driver with a handgun and firing shot in act of road rage

When the victim tried to take a picture of his vehicle, Jamie Kramer allegedly drew a pistol and demanded the other driver surrender his phone.

No charges for Arizona parents in case of toddler who was alive after being declared dead

No charges will be filed against the parents of an Arizona toddler who was declared dead after being found in a family pool but was breathing hours later at a hospital morgue. Gilbert police had recommended negligence charges. But Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt was unlikely. “The family […]

A 10-year-old saved his sister as they struggled in a New Jersey river before he died, mayor says

PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — One child has died and another is missing after the two 10-year-olds went into a rain-swollen river while playing in a park in Passaic, New Jersey, on Wednesday, authorities said. An 11-year-old survived. The local mayor says the girl’s life might have been saved by her brother, the 10-year-old who drowned. […]

Greater Southern Maine captures state Senior Legion baseball title

It is the first state American Legion baseball championship for a Sanford-based team since 1951.