AUGUSTA (AP) — People are using welfare cash benefits at bars and strip clubs in Maine even though it's prohibited, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday as he continued to call for reforms to crack down on fraud and abuse. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police investigating the shooting death of a Maine man along an interstate highway in Pennsylvania said Tuesday they are scrutinizing a similar shooting that happened eight hours earlier and about 30 miles away. More...
PORTLAND — Maine's economy is expected to see steady growth this year, providing an opportunity for the state to begin tackling the challenges it will face in the future as its population continues to age, a former state economist said Tuesday. More...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog is urging Syria to intensify efforts to get its stockpile of raw materials for poison gas and nerve agents to a port, so it can be shipped out of the country and destroyed.  More...
SANFORD — Councilor Ken Burgess reminded residents Tuesday that the cold temperatures are “devastating” to the city's attempts to clear the roads and streets of hard-packed snow. While major arteries are cleared, not every st More...
BRUSSELS (AP) — A European masters athletics champion at 95, Emiel Pauwels committed euthanasia because he suffered from cancer ”“ but not before holding a celebration complete with champagne. More...
BERLIN (AP) — A German court has decided to shelve the case against a 92-year-old former member of the Nazi SS, saying there are too many gaps in the evidence some 70 years later to deliver a verdict. More...
NDIANAPOLIS — Growing up, Andrew Luck kept trying to emulate the quarterbacks he watched on Sunday afternoons, guys like Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers. And Tom Brady. More...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The mantra of the New England Patriots when a player gets injured is “next man up.” This week that man will be backup linebacker Dane Fletcher. More...
In the short time winter has been upon us, Mainers have been blasted by much snow, freezing rain, sleet and ice storms ”“ and it's only early January. That means there is a lot of winter weather still to be had, and a lot of difficu More...
As Democrats survey a troubled 2014 political landscape, it's easy to forget how optimistic they seemed less than a year ago. “I would expect that Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again pretty soon,” President Obama told cheerin More...
NEW DELHI — The 16-year-old reported that she had been gang raped, only to be raped again by the same men the next day and later threatened for going to the police in eastern India. More...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is issuing new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules. More...
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee began running ads in 40 media markets Tuesday mostly targeting incumbent senators who supported President Barack Obama's health care program. More...