8 sailors in USS Lincoln group attempted suicide on extended deployment, Navy leader says

Senate to vote on resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly anxious about the Iran war, senators are set to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump ‘s military action, which has been largely blamed for the spike in fuel prices and become a flashpoint in the midterm election. The Senate vote, days after Trump’s bombastic […]

You be the judge!: 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival Screening at Stonington Opera House

STONINGTON — Film lovers in Stonington will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 when the 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at the Stonington Opera House. Manhattan Short 2026 screens simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor […]

Hannah Pingree leads fundraising in Maine's race for governor

Hannah Pingree's campaign hauled in twice as much between mid-July and mid-September as Bobby Charles and nine times as much as Rick Bennett.

Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Decades after he was a fixture on American TV screens, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen is back in a familiar place: the media spotlight. Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees are converging on St. Louis for a formal ceremony of beatification on Thursday, in which the prelate will be designated Blessed […]

Before the next storm, Maine must stand ready

“Getting ready does not have to be expensive or complicated.”