Owners must use cash and other workarounds as a reluctant financial industry worries about federal retribution

He believes a 'culture of waste' is behind the societal acceptance of abortion.

Some say they will reimburse employees who must travel out of state to get an abortion.

Acceptance was the resounding theme for the day, with attendees echoing how amazing it was to feel welcomed and celebrate for the day in a rural area.

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says it's receiving reports of dead or dying birds on coastal beaches believed to be the result of the influenza.

He will first join a meeting of the Group of Seven, then attend a summit with leaders of the 30 NATO countries.

The Utah senator has nationwide name recognition and is the only one in his party who voted to impeach the former president twice.

Americans are taking stock a day after the Supreme Court overturned a woman’s constitutional right to abortion.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating the accident, and believe speed was a factor.

Moscow also launches missile attacks on areas far from the heart of the battles.

The FDA is considering ordering a recipe change for the vaccines made by the company and its rival Moderna.

Nearly half the population of 38 million cannot meet their basic food needs.

They say understaffing at the agency is 'crippling' traffic along the East Coast.

By late morning, about 30 people carrying signs stood on sidewalks in downtown Waterville, decrying the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying there is recourse: a large voter turnout in the midterm elections.

People & Places: SCORE honors central Maine businesses.

Swimming in the Kennebec River has been banned in Augusta since at least 1986, but officials recently amended that rule to make way for an upcoming triathlon that will include a river swim.

A total of 104 patients were in hospitals statewide on Saturday, down from 183 a month ago.

It's the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades.

Investigators are calling the attack, which also wounded more than 20 people, an 'Islamist terror act.'

In their dissent, the Supreme Court's liberal justices referenced the potential for Friday's ruling to set off an era of legal chaos and peril for individuals.

They worry that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.

Kim Jong Un doubles down on his nuclear arms buildup to overwhelm 'hostile forces' at a key meeting where military leaders approved unspecified new operational duties for the army units,

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, he has been at the epicenter of international diplomacy surrounding the war.

Wednesday's earthquake struck a remote, deeply impoverished region of small towns and villages tucked among rough mountains near the Pakistani border.

Maine Democrats vowed to oppose any restrictions on access to abortions in the state, while Republicans tread carefully around on the issue.

The Air Line Pilots Association said Friday that the council overseeing relations with United approved a tentative two-year agreement that covers about 14,000 of the airline's pilots.

Maine remains among the states with the lowest infection rates.

Brett Johnson, 40, of Canaan, has been charged with criminal threatening and eluding an officer after threatening to kill his cousin, according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.

After Christine Henry's Broadway parody show, 'COVID Sux,' sold out in Monmouth, she decided to return to Maine with a sequel show — 'COVID Still Sux.'

Parts of the U.S. economy are still red-hot, particularly the jobs market, but some discouraging signals have emerged recently.

With no end in sight to the war in Ukraine and the European Union committed to stepping up sanctions against Russia as punishment, the bloc must battle economic threats on multiple fronts.

While city officials expressed a lack of faith in the Kennebec Arsenal owner's ability to redevelop, or preserve, the historic property, they agreed to give him until July 28 to present a plan before considering declaring it a dangerous site.

The pandemic relief money, provided through the American Rescue Plan Act, was distributed proportionally based on population.

Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.

The Ukrainian president spoke in a video message played at the British music extravaganza before a set by The Libertines.

As the nation marks 50 years of Title IX, Thomas College President Laurie G. Lachance reflects on how the law has had a lasting impact on her career.

The film 'Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down' is partly an intimate look at Giffords' recovery after the January 2011 shooting that left 6 people dead and 13 others wounded outside a Tucson supermarket.

Demand for vinyl records has been growing in double-digits for more than a decade.

Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for June 17-24, 2022.

Fifteen Senate Republicans backed the compromise, but that still meant that fewer than one-third of Republican senators supported the measure.

Meanwhile, nearly a week after the hit-and-run death of Nicole Mokeme, police have offered no updates on their progress finding her boyfriend, Raymond Lester, or his BMW.

The Maine Republican claimed during their confirmations that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would protect precedent and Roe even though experts warned they would not.

Reactions from America's faith leaders ranged from elation to anger after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide.

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel staff photos from the past week.

The Supreme Court has issued some major abortion rulings over the last 50 years

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that sets up the potential for legal fights between the states.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, Maine law will continue to protect access to abortion. But that legislation could come under scrutiny after the November election.

The 14-year-old girl died June 14 at a Main Street residence.

The ruling means women no longer have a constitutional right to abortion, but Maine state law protects that right within state borders.

The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court.

James Thornton, 72, was flown by medical helicopter Thursday to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the global hunger crisis is already affecting hundreds of millions of people.

Players who competed in the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV series will not be allowed to play in the Scottish Open and two other upcoming tournaments.

Defeat in either district would have been a setback for the prime minister’s party.

A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says that the country's troops will retreat the key eastern city.

Toyota is recalling its new electric crossover vehicles for wheel bolts that could become loose.

The judges said the university failed to contact a Connecticut woman before it published the images even after she reached about her ancestral ties.

The chief's victory in an 1879 court case made him one of the first Native Americans granted civil rights.

The law is wide-ranging but chiefly makes modest changes in existing programs.

The quake took the lives of 1,000 people, according to the state-run Bakhtar News Agency, which also reported an estimated 1,500 more were injured.

Researchers used data from 185 countries to estimate the number of lives coronavirus vaccines saved worldwide.

A Harvard University report indicates that Maine's renters are struggling – something that those in the affordable housing arena know all too well.

'I think $31 million right now added to the taxpayer base that we have to pay is just a bad idea,' said the final resident to speak at a public hearing Wednesday night, a comment that drew a round of applause.

The latest $450 million package includes four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, which will double the number already there.

Authorities also seized records from key Republicans in at least five states linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The Maine Department of Transportation's Western Maine Gateways Project is intended to "enhance mobility and safety for bicyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles," offering easier access to downtown Kingfield's businesses, according to a release.

The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those refinancing their homes, rose to 4.92% from 4.81% last week.

Technology and health care stocks drove much of the rally, outweighing losses in energy and financial companies.

Williams, who has written more than 100 film scores, is devoting himself to composing concert music, including a piano concerto he’s writing for Emanuel Ax.

Police said the 27-year-old was found by a passerby. When police and emergency crews arrived shortly after, they determined that the man was dead.

Residents rejected the nearly $700,000 project at the annual Town Meeting, along with plans for a municipally owned, high-speed broadband network.

Millions are changing their habits, signing up for carpools or even ditching their cars for bicycles as gas prices recently hit $5 per gallon for the first time ever.

The action is part of a sweeping effort by the agency to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.

The state will use $8.3 million in federal funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act to reimburse the costs of commercial harvesting licenses and some fees.

Maine School Administrative District 49 held a meeting Wednesday to provide a public update on efforts to build a new elementary school serving students in the Fairfield area.

Prosecutors made their recommendations to the judge who will sentence the British socialite for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein.