Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he’ll work with state election officials to address concerns about mail-in ballots after they warned of persistent problems during the primary season
September 16, 2024
Republican Sen. Susan Collins has introduced a bill prompted by the state’s deadliest shooting that requires the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove a service member’s access to weapons if deemed to pose a serious treat
September 16, 2024The U.S. Postal Service is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal Service slow losses but that could see the higher costs passed on to consumers
September 11, 2024
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the U.S. Postal Service is ready for a flood of election mail
August 29, 2024
The U.S. Postal Service hopes to save $3 billion a year through a series of changes reflecting greater reliance on streamlined regional networks
August 22, 2024
The U.S. Navy is struggling to build affordable warships needed to face expanding threats around the world
August 11, 2024
Maine gun retailers are now requiring a three-day wait period for purchases under a new law that was among several gun safety bills adopted after the state’s deadliest mass shooting
August 09, 2024
Three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross have christened a U.S. Navy warship bearing his name — and have secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland
July 27, 2024
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July 18, 2024
All signs point to big celebrations for Americans this Fourth of July
July 04, 2024
A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway shooting has been sentenced to life in prison
July 01, 2024
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June 19, 2024
Officials say Maine’s shortage of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on bail days before he went to his former girlfriend’s home where a man was killed, two houses burned to the ground and a standoff with police ensued
June 17, 2024
An Army health official told a panel investigating a mass shooting by a reservist experiencing a psychiatric crisis that there are health care differences for Army reservists that could limit the flow of information to commanders
June 13, 2024
Maine's vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches
February 15, 2024
Maine's environmental board is set to decide next week whether the state should adopt California-style regulations limiting the sale of new gas-powered vehicles
December 13, 2023
A police after-action report says there was “utter chaos” during the search for the gunman behind Maine's deadliest mass shooting last October
May 21, 2024
Federal law enforcement officials have brought charges against a man accused of creating an illicit marijuana-growing operation off the beaten path in rural Maine
April 21, 2024
The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history
April 18, 2024
Maine is going to become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the governor’s announcement that she’ll let the proposal become law without her signature
April 15, 2024
An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short
April 10, 2024
The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing state lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour for a so-called red flag law
April 09, 2024
Two-term Maine governor and former U.S. Rep. Joe Brennan has died at age 89
April 06, 2024
A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with employment
March 29, 2024
The number of robberies of postal carriers grew again last year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, even as the U.S. Postal Service launched crackdown aimed at addressing postal crime
March 12, 2024
New York City interim police commissioner says federal authorities searched his homes
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads early official vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis
World leaders are gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. The outlook is gloomy
A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections
Japan PM hopeful Ishiba sees 'room' for corporate tax hike, Kyodo reports
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant
White Sox lose 119th game to tie the AL record as the Padres win 6-2 behind 3 home runs
No. 1 Texas keeps rolling behind Manning and Blue and routs ULM 51-3 in last game before SEC play