The driver told police he was looking for an eyeglasses store at the shopping center when his right foot became stuck on the accelerator.

West Gardiner residents are expected to elect a selectman and vote on the annual budget during Saturday's Town Meeting as well as weigh in on banning future solar farms and self-storage facilities.

As the war prompted by a Russian invasion enters its 2nd year, the Ukrainian president finds himself focused on keeping motivation high in both his military and the general Ukrainian population.

Police said they responded Tuesday night to Union Street after neighbors reported hearing what they thought were shots fired inside an apartment, but it turned out the man inside was smashing things with a hammer and was found with methamphetamine.

Two complaints allege that 3M and DuPont knew decades ago that forever chemicals were toxic but didn't disclose that information to the public.

Authorities have not yet determined the shooter's motive but said the victims were not specifically targeted.

Washington is racing to build partnerships on the continent with the youngest population, a test that could reshape the economy in Africa and the rest of the world.

Many, but not all, districts around the state will receive more funding. The Portland school district, the state's largest, will receive $3.6 million more in state funding than initially expected.

If passed by the House, the repeal would not be expected to affect any current military deployments.

But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter sales of the overdose antidote naloxone, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription.

Ceremonies across the country on Wednesday will mark the 50th anniversary of the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam.

Federal inspectors have repeatedly found blocked emergency exits, fire hazards and boxes stacked to the point that they could collapse onto workers.

An Australian company's meatball is made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth.

Members of the transgender community and their families had complained that it would criminalize trans people simply for using public restrooms.

Alexei Moskalyov, sentenced to two years in prison, fled house arrest before his verdict was delivered and is at large, court officials said.

The report in state media Tuesday followed a series of missile launches – seven launch events in this month alone – and rising threats to use the weapons against his enemies.

Workers initially thrilled with a recent pay bump to $15 are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation.

A Maryland appellate court sides with the victim's family and orders a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the popular podcast.

Police arrested the 29-year-old man at Boston's Logan International Airport on Tuesday.

The emblem, which dates to the late 19th century, has been condemned by many as racist for its depiction of the state’s Indigenous peoples.

An examination of remains disinterred from a national cemetery confirmed the identity of Lawrence J. Robidoux, who starved to death in a POW camp.

The memo the Planning Board intends to send to the City Council explains why it recommended allowing the former Sacred Heart Church rectory at 74 Pleasant St. to be rezoned.

The plan would let the Boy Scouts of America keep operating while it compensates tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.

Jay police responded to a robbery at the Label Shopper in Jay and a crash in North Jay within minutes of each other. The two incidents appear to be related, police say.

Carolyn 'Carrie' Gilbert would replace Randall D. Davis, whose term expires this month.

A new study says warming will fuel more supercells in the United States and that those storms will move eastward from their current range.

The percentage of moose calves in the study area of northwestern Maine who died from winter-tick infestation has dropped significantly from last winter to this year.

The Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee heard testimony Tuesday about multiple bills aimed at bolstering the state's educator workforce.

Democrats are expected to pass a current services budget this week and postpone any discussion about Republican demands for income tax breaks until later in the session.

Tourists spent over $8.6 billion in Maine during 2022, an increase of 10% above the previous year.

Academic learning will take a back seat to other needs, such as social-emotional learning, gender/race, and diversity/equity/inclusion, which must be met before the brain can process new short term memory materials and convert them to long term memory, Makin told Legislators March 15.

An improper meeting between the district attorney and judge resulted in the overturning of Eric Bard's 2015 conviction. Now, instead of facing 50 years in prison for more than 21 charges, he is to serve 28.

Over the past two weeks, multiple attacks by rabid raccoons have been reported, including one that sent a woman to the hospital.

Stephan Bunker, Dennis O'Neil, Scott Erb and T. Will Jones win town elections.

Added to Public Works was $98,730, while $800 was added to administration and $8,280 removed from the library, the latter at the board of trustee president's request.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried now faces 13 charges after he was arrested in the Bahamas in December and brought to the United States soon afterward.

The Maine Center for Disease Control notified Augusta city officials that a skunk in the area of Northern Avenue has contracted rabies.

Over the weekend, both Florence’s mayor and the museum director voiced incredulity over the ruckus.

The fire Monday night off Drummond Avenue was spotted by a Maine State Police trooper who was driving along nearby Interstate 95.

In an effort to save money, the town has been testing a restructured public safety system in which a public safety director would oversee the fire and police departments.

The former vice president would not have to answer questions about his own actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when a violent mob of Trump's supporters stormed the building.

The Federal Reserve is considering whether stronger bank rules are needed to prevent a similar bank failure in the future.

Much of the fee increase effective Saturday will give a boost to the Island Explorer bus system.

The bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would extend health coverage to newly arrived asylum seekers and other noncitizens. Republicans oppose the proposal, citing what they say is its $7 million price tag.

Nashville police release video from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school where 3 children and 3 adults were killed in a mass shooting.

Crosspoint Church in Bangor says lawmakers changed the Maine Human Rights Act to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision and prevent religious schools from receiving public money.

Fencers are the latest group to show support for Ukrainian athletes, who are almost universally opposed to the IOC's push for letting Russians return.

Hollywood science-fiction fantasy has intruded into the grim daily realities of war in Ukraine after Hamill, Luke Skywalker of 'Star Wars,' lent his voice to a downloadable app linked to Ukraine's air defense system.

Tensions between authorities and migrants had apparently been running high in recent weeks in Ciudad Juarez, where shelters are full of people waiting to cross into the U.S. or for the asylum process to play out.

Despite the pause declared by Benjamin Netanyahu, both sides expect the battle over the future of Israel's judiciary to reignite soon.

Concerns that violence could mar the demonstrations prompted an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

The Trappist solar system – a rarity with 7 planets about the size of our own – has enticed astronomers ever since they spotted it just 40 light-years away.

It's unclear who might challenge Massachusetts Democrat U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the Senate seat.

Farmers say they spend extra time and money raising cattle strictly on grass, and mislabeling cheats them and people who are paying extra for something they're not getting.

Attorney General Aaron Frey and 27 other state attorneys general sent a letter asking congressional leaders to adopt a national right-to-repair law.

The Waterville Board of Education on Monday voted 7-0 to appoint Peter Hallen as the new superintendent.

There was no indication that any trip would be subsidized by the city or museum. 

Seven people were killed and several others wounded in the powerful blast at the R.M Palmer Co. plant in West Reading.

After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Saturday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists, and others who'd been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status.

Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur, but mining the water would be tough.

Sen. Jill Duson, D-Portland, said the bill would allow the state to raise what it pays victim advocates from $32,000 to $45,000 a year.

The girl was discharged March 14 after being at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland since her birth last July.

More than 70 people attended the meeting, which ran from 9 a.m. until nearly 4 p.m.

The Planning Board must consider Tuesday whether to recommend to the City Council if the rezoning should be allowed so Ware-Butler Building Supply can put business offices at the former Sacred Heart Church rectory on Pleasant Street.

Announcement of the $25 million national campaign comes in the wake of a report by the Anti-Defamation League asserting that antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose 36% in 2022.

The Global Wind Energy Council points to incentives for renewable energy development in the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States, and policies in Europe and China that further expand the role of renewables.

Norma Small, who was convicted in 2002 of hiring a man to murder her husband, died in custody early Sunday morning.

The shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

The high court will decide whether a Florida woman who has filed over 600 federal lawsuits against hotel owners and operators over alleged ADA violations can sue hotels where she doesn't intend to stay.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant's 6 reactors are in shutdown and it is receiving the electricity it needs to prevent a reactor meltdown through just 1 remaining power line.

The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments is back in court and hearing evidence related to the case.

Members of both parties say they’re open to legislation that would punish executives for their role in the bank failures.

The American restaurant chain serving Mexican fast food closed its Augusta location after employees were the first in the country to file for union representation.

The Red Cross was assisting the people who rushed from the building early Monday on School Street, just west of downtown.

A group of British tabloids will ask a judge to toss out lawsuits by the prince, Elton John and several other celebrities who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy.

Utah's lawmakers delayed legislation Beijing didn’t like, nixed resolutions that conveyed displeasure with its actions and expressed support in ways that enhanced the Chinese government’s image.