Penobscot County district attorney won’t seek reelection after 40-year career

ICE officers shot New York man because they believed they were in danger, official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man whom they were trying to arrest in New York because they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. Marcos Charles made the comments alongside U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and other immigration officials during […]

US government asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over Army's handling of Lewiston mass shooter

The U.S. attorney argued that the Army's decisions about Robert Card were judgment calls and therefore the federal government can't be held liable.

Jury finds man guilty of Calais teen's 1984 slaying

It took the jury only an hour to return a guilty verdict against 67-year-old Raymond Brown.

Isaias is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it nears the US Gulf Coast

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (AP) — Isaias was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane Friday as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall late Friday somewhere along the Alabama-Florida line and create dangerous […]

$6.3M MDI estate tops list of most expensive Maine homes sold in September

Nearly every home on the list is based in coastal southern Maine, but there are a few outliers.