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A coalition of animal rights activists is asking New Jersey's environmental commissioner to revoke the state guidelines allowing the hunt....

On Saturday parents in northern Cameron County will get help with school supplies for their kids....

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said Brits returning from France before 4am on Saturday won't have to quarantine for 14 days....

Entering a series in Philly, New York's bullpen and Pete Alonso's bat have improved. But there is concern with Jeff McNeil, Michael Wacha....

All about Chris Christie's below-the-belt barb, NJ's growing mountain of debt, and Bramnick's radio hour...

President Donald Trump spent years pushing lies about the birthplace and presidential eligibility of President Barack Obama, the first Black president....

Miner Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday it expects to swing to a profit in the first half of 2020 on higher gold prices and a strong dollar as well as lower impact to its operations from the coronavirus downturn....

If 5% more people complete the census in 2020 than did in 2010, it could bring $18 million to Paterson each year in services....

Traders are watching economic data from the U.S. and China...

Belarusian authorities have released dozens of people detained during massive demonstrations contesting the results of a vote that extended the rule of the nation's authoritarian president...

The use of third party cookies for ad tracking and targeting by data broker giants Oracle and Salesforce is the focus of class action style litigation announced today in the UK and the Netherlands. The suits will argue that mass surveillance of Internet u...

MANILA, Filipinas (AP) - Un destacado presunto terrorista a quien se ha relacionado con la decapitacin de rehenes, incluyendo dos canadienses y un malasio, se entreg a la las autoridades de Filipinas tras caer herido en combate, dijeron funcionarios el vi...

The one thing to know about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is that whenever she has a tiny bit of power, she abuses it....

Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, died last November — bringing the endangered species one step closer to extinction. Now, Malaysian scientists are hoping to use tissues and cells from Iman and other dead rhinos to bring the population back...

A salute to Clark Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Nathan Clark hails from Windham, but these days, he's spending his time aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the USS Harry Truman. The Truman is currently in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for its Exte...

By Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao BEIJING - Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China's private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out....

Friday morning marks a major milestone: For the first time in 2020, the Jets will actually have a practice. Here's what you need to know....

Two months after a confederate monument was taken out of a Brownsville park, a school district moves to change the name of an elementary school....

Flipping through the channels, as often happens, I landed on a baseball game. I was amazed and dumbfounded to see cardboard facsimiles of fans who apparently wish they were there, filling in the rows. Is that baseball's answer to the pandemic? Is it f...

RB Leipzig stunned Atletico Madrid, with a 2-1 victory in their Champions League quarter-final on Thursday, to reach the competition...

In David Leeming's fascinating book, "James Baldwin: A Biography," the author describes Baldwin's unlikely friendship with his sixth-grade teacher at P.S. 24 in New York City. Her name was Orilla Miller, but Baldwin came to call her simply...

Dense fog and very humid conditions greeted four of us when arriving at the rudimentary Spruce Head Boat Landing early morning in preparation for a Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society sea kayak trip in western Penobscot Bay. The TV weather guy had promis...

Here in Maine, July is never too soon to think about winter. The thought arrived with the two cords of cut and split firewood dumped next to my driveway. It was still July, but we live in the climate zone called temperate, where it seems the cold is never...

All lives matter. There. I've written it for all to see. I believe it and will not apologize for it. We need to spend much less time highlighting our differences and begin focusing on what unites us. There is no need to put one group ahead of another....

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President Trump has tried to short-circuit the congressional efforts to come up with a new bill on federal COVID-19 aid. That's today's politics, but much more. Here's the story. In May, the House of Representatives under Democratic control pa...

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday proposed to parliament a 2,747.5 trillion rupiah ($186.08 billion) budget for 2021 and pledged to continue efforts to support the economy...

John Balentine claims to "appreciate the plight of homeless people" ("Why do Portland's homeless get special rights?" July 31) and has "long pondered" what would help "turn their lives around." His appreciation, however...

SCARBOROUGH — Sarah Bailey, a Scarborough resident and teacher at South Portland High School, has been named the 2020 Maine State History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the natio...

A new survey shows that rising numbers of Americans are clamming up, regardless of age, race or even politics....

Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election for a variety of reasons, including some of her own making. Who can forget the reference to a "basket of deplorables"? Her campaign managers undoubtedly also rue the decision to not spend adequat...

Matthew Kenney, owner of 104 Main Public House in Topsham, is making a great start during challenging times. Open since mid-June, he has a large indoor space with many tables appropriately arranged for social distancing and many picnic tables with bright ...

SCARBOROUGH — Coinciding with the first anniversary of the introduction of its popular Pet Loan, Town & Country Federal Credit Union has joined forces with the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland (ARLGP) to highlight and support dogs being care...

Socially distant storytelling Online charity auction The Friends of the Shakers are hosting an online charity auction to benefit Shaker Village, now through 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. View all of the items up for bid at biddingowl.com/Auction/index.cfm?...

Special rights for the homeless! They and their White Walker-like advocates are setting up tent encampments on our property, like Portland's own Army of the Dead ("Why do Portland's homeless get special rights?" July 31). Woe is us! More h...

Millions of Americans are having trouble putting food on the table, and things could get much worse if nothing is done....

The agreement would make the UAE the first Gulf Arab state — and the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan — to have full diplomatic ties with Israel....

A Mainer who lived there as a Fulbright Scholar advises waiting until the departure of the dictatorship's president, who is violently suppressing widespread protests....

CUMBERLAND COUNTY — Town clerks in South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth have all announced that anyone interested in running for local office in the Nov. 3 general election may now pull nomination papers. In South Portland, officials said ...

If you can, don't send your kid to school There are so many reasons that some kids need to be in school this fall. Some struggle without supervised learning, some have special needs that only the schools can address, some have parents with un-flexible...

My name is Blaine Flanders, and I started working for Tedford Housing in the heat of July. As the Community & Donor Relations Coordinator, I am responsible for Tedford's marketing, development, events and volunteer engagement. Starting a new job durin...

Maine's long march toward a legal adult use marijuana marketplace is nearing a big milestone, but potential operators still have more planning to do....

The agreement would make the UAE the first Gulf Arab state — and the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan — to have full diplomatic ties with Israel....

The agreement would make the UAE the first Gulf Arab state — and the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan — to have full diplomatic ties with Israel....

The agreement would make the UAE the first Gulf Arab state — and the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan — to have full diplomatic ties with Israel....