The union representing school teachers in Maine is expressing concerns about staff cuts included in early drafts of some school budgets. Lewiston, Portland, and South Portland all proposed budgets ...

Last fall, the Fryeburg Fair opened a day earlier than usual without licensed approval from the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. That added day overlapped with the last and most ...

As Maine joins the ranks of states with new AI data center projects in the works, the state Legislature considers a temporary pause in permitting. Plus, saving energy by clearing out your digital junk ...

The war in Iran is roiling jet fuel prices and airlines are beginning to hike prices, unsettling travelers far from the Middle East. If you're booking a flight soon, here are things to know.

Before making her upcoming sixth album, the country star returned to her small-town Texas home and discovered the power of in-between spaces. "I found a lot of clarity there," she says.

New research finds AI can point people in the wrong direction. And the quality of health information it imparts depends on how well you prompt the tools.

There are two clear frontrunners in this year's best original song race, either of which would be a worthy Oscar winner. Diane Warren is also nominated, for the 17th time.

The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020.

Attacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East Wednesday. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war's rationale.

Nearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants.

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial ...

Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.