The Latest Breaking News from Maine

A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down if a union representing 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike early Tuesday

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024

Mom Reading Newspaper Discovers Her Son Was Waterboarded And Sodomized At Maine Care Home: 'I Was Devastated'

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

International Business Times · Sep 26, 2024

Mom Reading Newspaper at Work Discovers Her Son Was Waterboarded and Sodomized at Maine Care Home: 'I Was Devastated'

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

Latin Times · Sep 25, 2024

Female ultra runner sets new overall speed record on Appalachian Trail with 40-day dash from Maine to Georgia

Tara Dower shaved over 13 hours of Karel Sabbe's 2018 record

Advnture · Sep 23, 2024

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and, in some parts of the country, especially vibrant foliage

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2024

Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help Trump win

The state’s Republican governor has proposed a legal change that could alter the course of the national presidential election

The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2024

After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons

Republican Sen. Susan Collins is introducing 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

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2024

Jurors help detain a man who flees a Maine courthouse in handcuffs

A man convicted of assaulting a child tried to flee a courthouse in Maine but two jurors and a detective quickly foiled his escape attempt

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024

Maine officials trying to hide scale of ex-navy base PFAS spill, advocates suspect

Government’s communication called ‘unconscionable’ after one of largest spills of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2024

A wrongful death settlement doesn't end an investigation into a toddler's disappearance

A settlement resulting in the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn't ended a criminal investigation into a toddler’s disappearance in Maine

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024