The coroner’s office says it has identified 38 bodies in the crash that killed 47 and will work to identify the rest.
August 2013
Insufficient brake fluid cited in Bangor parade fatality
The braking system in an antique fire truck failed during the Bangor/Brewer Fourth of July parade.
Cleveland kidnapper: ‘I’m not a monster’
As he’s sentenced to life without parole, Ariel Castro blames his three kidnappings on a sex addiction, his former wife and even the FBI.
TransCanada to build oil pipeline to Atlantic Coast
The pipeline will terminate in Saint John, New Brunswick, where TransCanada and Irving Oil will build a new deep-water marine terminal.
Partridge waives right to a jury trial in shooting death of South China man outside Waterville pub
A Winslow man has been charged with murder in the death of Justin Smith, who was shot outside You Know Who’s Pub in December
Bail reduced in fatal N.H. honeymoon crash
A 43-year-old man is charged with negligent homicide and aggravated driving while intoxicated for the July 20 crash that killed Leah Fonda of St. Paul, Minn.
Good economic news lifts stocks to record highs
The Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 index set all-time highs.
Western Avenue fire puts more than 80 people out of work
An early morning blaze in Augusta damaged the offices of Marketing Unlimited as well as second-floor apartments.
Florida’s education chief resigns amid grading scandal
Tony Bennett faces allegations he changed the grade of a charter school run by a major Republican Party donor.
Snowden thanks Russians for asylum approval
Snowden’s whereabouts will be kept a secret for security reasons, his lawyer says.