Fire damages heating system at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor

Here are some of the House seats that Democrats didn't expect to win this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina was in charge of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the organization dedicated to supporting his party’s House campaigns. But the seven-term congressman wasn’t able to save his own seat this year. Republicans floundered in the state after party organizations pulled support from Michael Whatley, their U.S. […]

At a UN celebration for Ted Turner, memories of a man who saw the power of global cooperation

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — One day decades ago, media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner heard about a washerwoman in Mississippi who donated her life savings of $150,000 for scholarships so that young people could go to college. On Monday, at a celebration of Turner’s life, his daughter said he was so inspired by that […]

Maine’s young Catholics are flocking to the church’s Latin Mass

Some Mainers travel hours each week for the liturgy, which has a fraught history in the church.

US stocks rally and recover most of last week’s losses as oil prices drop

U.S. stock markets surged Monday, led by a sharp decline in oil prices and strong corporate earnings, effectively rebounding from recent losses despite a decline in Nvidia shares.

More than blue wave swept away Susan Collins

Susan Collins’ long Senate career ended due to a national blue wave and her struggling reputation as an institutionalist during the volatile, polarizing era of Donald Trump.