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A workshop on Disaster Planning was held at the Fort Kent Fire Department today....

Severe illness was more common among the unvaccinated. The hospitalization rate was almost 10 times higher for them compared with those who got the shots....

Veterans are suing a technology company in one of the largest multi-district litigation suits in history....

According to federal data, disability-related air travel complaints add up to thousands each year and are on the rise....

The decision not to prosecute the dad was made by the solicitor's office after a three-week investigation by the sheriff's department....

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans....

The money will support efforts to promote childhood development, reduce child abuse, and enhance child and maternal health through home visits....

Police in Virginia say they've charged a 15-year-old boy in a shooting that wounded two fellow students at their high school....

House Democrats say they will vote on lHouse Democrats say they will vote on legislation this fall to curb the power of the president, an effort to rein in executive powers that they say President Donald Trump flagrantly abused.egislation this fall to cur...

Potato Harvest is underway....

Aroostook County, much like the rest of the nation is experiencing a shortage of school bus drivers....

Vanesta Gray celebrated her 107th birthday with her sister-in-law and hopes to see another one or two....

Giant Forest is home to about 2,000 sequoias, including the General Sherman Tree, which is considered the world's largest by volume and is a must-see for visitors to the national park....

The prosecution's closing arguments could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon....

Police said the remains were found just before 9 a.m. Tuesday at the facility on River Road....

The across-the-board rules, which will take effect in November, will replace a hodgepodge of confusing restrictions....

Amazon has announced several policy changes regarding marijuana use, and the tech giant is also planning to push for federal legalization of the drug....

The smoke was visible across New Orleans and turned to a lighter shade of gray around 12:50 p.m. CT...

A Missouri police officer received a kidney from another officer who was killed in the line of duty....

Philanthropist D. Suzi Osher has given the $10 million gift to University of Southern Maine....

Police in North Carolina photographed an officer comforting a toddler whose parents had overdosed on heroin. They posted that picture on social media, where it has generated hundreds of comments....

The tribal lawsuit comes three weeks after a coalition of wildlife advocacy groups sued to stop Wisconsin's wolf hunt this fall and void a state law mandating annual hunts....

Eviction filings have begun to tick up since the moratorium was lifted but most advocates said a surge in actual evictions is still weeks away....

The pharmacy giant is looking for retail associates, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, nurses and more....

The historic bridge burned down in July...

Maine DOT is working on several projects throughout the county, including installing centerline rumblestrips on parts of the roadway...

Maine's Democratic House speaker has joined a group of state lawmakers that is filing court papers in support of maintaining abortion rights....

Experts say encouraging signs last spring led to false confidence about the shrinking role for tests: falling case numbers, rising vaccination rates and guidance from health officials that vaccinated people could largely skip testing....

The temporary spending bill unveiled Tuesday would fund the government through Dec. 3....

Labelle's best-known tune was "Lady Marmalade," a song about New Orleans sex workers from their 1974 album "Nightbirds.";...

Councilors who voted against the mandate said businesses in the city are already under a major strain....

Olympic gold medal swimmer Madison Wilson of Australia has been hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19....

Cholesterol affects our health in a number of ways. On this week's Medical Monday, Megan Cole has some tips on how you can keep your cholesterol in healthy ranges....

More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants had been removed from an encampment at Del Rio, Texas, U.S. officials said Monday as they defended a strong response that included immediately expelling migrants to their impoverished Caribbean country....

With many places starting to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, questions are arising as to what is considered a medical exemption. Megan Cole spoke with a doctor from Pines Health Services and has the details....

There are at least 200 cases under investigation, half of them involving intelligence personnel....

Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie had set out in July in a converted van to visit national parks in the West. They got into a fight along the way, and Laundrie was alone when he returned in the van to his parents' home Sept. 1, police said....

The women were doing the procedures out of homes since at least 2012 and charged nearly $14,000 for three sessions, according to investigators....

The company says it's working with partners to develop new toys, such as three-dimensional cardboard superheroes kids can build....

Running back Aaron Jones brought the heat Monday night as the Green Bay Packers hosted the Detroit Lions. It was his first home game since his father died of COVID-19 in April....

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday will consider whether Missouri can implement a sweeping law aimed at limiting abortions....

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J&J said in statement Tuesday that it ran two early studies in people previously given its vaccine and found that a second dose produced an increased antibody response in adults from age 18 to 55. The study's results haven't yet been peer-reviewed...

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday backed the conclusion of a British inquiry that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London in 2006 after drinking tea laced with a radioactive material....

Scotland Yard said prosecutors believe there is sufficient evidence to charge a man known as Sergey Fedotov with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, possessing and using a chemical weapon, and causing grievous bodily harm....

Several stakeholders are asking the judge to postpone the hearing for at least three weeks to allow time to review and file objections to the new proposal....

Biden plans to use his first address before the U.N. General Assembly to reassure the international community of American leadership on the global stage....

The Tesla hit a roadside wall on the freeway and kept going, alerting authorities the driver was unconscious....