Sanctions against the Syrian ruler’s regime are set to expire on June 1.

The funeral for 15-year-old Nichole Cable was held in Bangor today.

The Topsham man suffers abrasions and a broken pelvis in an accident on Interstate 295.

Iraq has been hit by a wave of bloodshed that has killed more than 350 people in the past two weeks alone.

River herring are actually two species, blueback herring and alewife. Like the more famous salmon, they lay their eggs in fresh water.

On Friday, three of the four America’s Cup entries took to the water for the second day of practice runs since Andrew “Bart” Simpson’s death on May 9. Each boat was followed closely by an armada of chase boats carrying scuba divers, doctors and other support personnel in case one of the space-age vessels capsized.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department says that the boy was hit by a vehicle that was driven by his father.

The flag is roughly three times the size of a football field.