The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is pressing for more funding for courthouse security and for higher wages for the state's judges

Part of a growing national network, the Natural Helpers will have people who immigrated years ago help more recent arrivals navigate their new community.

Prosecutors say Charles Lieber was paid $50,000 a month by the Wuhan University of Technology and in exchange published article and apply for patents on behalf of the Chinese college.

The Waterville Planning Board on Monday night also voted to approve, with a condition, a request by the Alfond Youth Center to reconfigure vehicle and pedestrian access to its building on North Street.

The epidemic comes just as hopes were rising that Chinese tourism to the U.S. would rebound following two years of the trade dispute.

The company produces software especially for small businesses to protect their data in an increasingly complex information economy.

A burst of new spending last year and the repeal in December of several taxes used to help finance the Affordable Care Act have combined to deepen the deficit spiral, with trillion-dollar deficits likely for as far as the eye can see, a report says.

Several South Florida buildings were evacuated as a precaution, and the quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains.

 If the TIF district extension is approved by voters, residents will have a chance to make changes to how the money is spent.

Jared D. Jandreau, 35, of China, and Jessica E. Cox, 31, of Augusta, were indicted Friday by a Kennebec County grand jury.

The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, alleges that ‘deceptive and misleading’ CMP notices harmed customers.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 26, 2020.

In a video on his Facebook page and Instagram account Monday, Gallagher referred to some members of his former platoon as “cowards” and highlighted their duty status and current units, something former SEALs say places those men in jeopardy.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 28, 2020.

The justices, however, uphold the drunken-driving conviction of a truck driver who crashed and killed 2 people in 2016.

Inbound lanes of Congress Street were shut down as firefighters extinguished blaze that started in a laundromat on St. John Street.

On Friday, in an interview with NPR host Mary Louise Kelly, Pompeo grew testy when Kelly asked him why he hadn’t done more to defend Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

The American Library Association acknowledges the work of the Maine artists at annual awards in Philadelphia.

U.S. authorities are looking into his ties to a convicted sex offender but the FBI will have a difficult time forcing him to give evidence.

Prosecutors in Israel unveiled a three-count indictment against him for allegedly accepting millions of dollars in bribes.

Senators are warned that if they agree to call Bolton to testify or try to access his book manuscript, the White House will block him, beginning a weekslong court battle over executive privilege and national security.

Lawmakers rejected a borrowing plan for broadband investment last year, but a new bill would tap into the state's General Fund to support a plan developed by the ConnectME Authority.

Within hours of the plan's unveiling, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would ask his Cabinet to approve plans to annex West Bank territory – a move that's likely to spark harsh international reaction.

Today’s broiler varieties, the ones raised for meat, average more than 6 pounds each. In 1925, they weighed 2.5 pounds.

The top Democratic challenger to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins releases her latest fundraising numbers.

A school community in California is grieving the loss of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and a former teacher and basketball coach at the school.

Giovanna Bechard, a former reporter for WGME-TV, competed on Monday night's show but fell short of making it to the final bonus round.

Top companies that use machine learning and artificial intelligence need the state's workforce to keep up with growing needs.

The pair have been chipped and checked ahead of their first public outing in a few days.

Area residents and city officials met Monday at City Hall to discuss what the city should do with the Second Street Fire Station property.

Chinese officials warn that the virus’ ability to spread is growing as the number of cases balloons to more than 2,700 with 81 deaths.

Fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels has killed and wounded hundreds of people over the past week, Yemen officials say.

Bruce Akers is charged with killing Douglas Flint, his neighbor, with a machete in 2016.

Advocates say it would allow legitimate businesses to compete with black market sellers, but the state says it would be too hard to regulate at this time.

The businessman and former New York City mayor says he is focusing on making the case against Donald Trump rather than defeating other contenders for the Democratic nomination.

David Downes of Brunswick lost his footing as the boat he was on was docking, and he died after about 5 minutes in the water on Jan. 15.

The Portland Hunt & Alpine Club owners Andrew and Briana Volk are aiming to open Verna's All Day at the end of the year in the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons at 150 Main St. in downtown Waterville.

The index suffers its first five-day losing streak since early August.

The shooting happened at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in West Paris in the area of Jackson Crossing Road.

Officials are working to recover victims' remains from the hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and 8 others crashed on Sunday.

The California man is suspected in the deaths of the children born between 1992 and 2001.

Nathan A. Peoples, 42, remained in a Farmington jail Monday evening.

University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy says the plan was developed through 46 town halls with campus communities.

The first phase of the Portland Foreside development includes a mix of new buildings, including the renovation of the remaining historic buildings, one of which is slated to become a public market.

Providing services for about 2,000 Mainers with intellectual, developmental disabilities who are now on waiting lists would cost about $60 million a year.

If 32 more people apply for the $130 banners, Oakland would be one of just a handful of Maine municipalities to participate in the Hometown Heroes banner program.

Work on the 577-bed dorm and student center in Portland is expected to start this summer and be completed by 2022.

The 15-month-old boy got through a gate and a door before falling into his family's swimming pool on Jan. 7.

The president's defense lawyers make no direct reference to revelations about John Bolton's book, but it's clear that the development has scrambled the debate over whether to seek witnesses.

Wolfden Resources says that Pickett Mountain, located north of Patten, contains high-grade deposits of zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 27, 2020.

Netflix is aggressively courting not only Academy Award-winning filmmakers but also artists who haven’t yet broken out.

Ann Flannery's course, still open to new students age 9-16, runs through May.

Lawsuits over the rule will continue, but immigrants applying for permanent residency must now show they wouldn't be public charges, or burdens to the country.

The president hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief challenger Benny Gantz, who face another round of national elections after failing to build a government.

David Roux and the Boston-based university will create a graduate school in collaboration with Portland-area tech companies.

The Finance Authority of Maine board unanimously approved $2.5 million in loan insurance on a $12.5 million loan, along with a $1 million direct loan.

Andrew announced last year that he was withdrawing from his royal duties amid renewed attention of his friendship with Epstein, who was convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls.

Former production assistant Mimi Haleyi testified that Weinstein showed up at her apartment and begged her to join him on a trip to Paris but wouldn't take no for an answer.

Dylan Ketcham, 21, of Gardiner, charged with elevated aggravated assault for allegedly attacking Caleb Trudeau, 21, with a knife.

Ludwig, of Gateway Mastering in Portland, won in the category of best engineered classical album. Maine native Patty Griffin also won for best folk album.

In his forthcoming book, the former national security adviser says Trump tied the withholding of military aid to his request that Ukraine investigate Democrats.

Bryant’s death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti.

The Maine Attorney General's Office has joined 19 other states in challenging the Trump administration's decision to allow the firearms to be regulated by the Department of Commerce rather than the State Department.

Some 200 survivors of the camp were expected for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the concentration camp's liberation.

More deaths are possible after 35 boats, many of them used as permanent residences, were consumed by fire and sank.

Police say a domestic disturbance sparked a standoff early this morning at 744 Neptune Dr. Police took a suspect into custody shortly before 8:30 a.m.

A Limington man, Bruce Akers, is accused of killing his neighbor Douglas Flint in June 2016.

At least a dozen marijuana bills are under consideration by state lawmakers this session.

A task force is recommending limiting the size of ATVs allowed on the state's trails, but that might not be enough to keep some corridors from closing.

Lots of sunshine and temperatures near or above normal in the forecast.

He says it could reshape the power structure between the president and Congress forever, creating graver implications than abuse-of-power allegations.

The debate over witnesses received a jolt Sunday when The New York Times reported that Trump told his national security adviser he wanted to maintain a freeze on military aid to Ukraine until it launched political investigations into his rivals.

Spencer Daily of Ohio was court-martialed this month and sentenced to 69 months for involuntary manslaughter and another offense in the death last year of Standish native Tyler Wallingford.

Five African-American artists talked recently about making their way through the changing world of comic books.

The anti-war vigil outside the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville came three weeks after a U.S. air strike killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.