Maine

Fiery debate over a bill to protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state lawsuits crossed a line in the Maine House, leading lawmakers to formally censure a pair of colleagues on Thursday. Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, said the mass shooting last October in Lewiston, Maine, that claimed 18 lives an...

The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history acknowledged to an independent commission on Thursday that he didn’t get deeply involved in the reservist’s medical care after he was discharged from a psychiatric hospital. Capt. Jeremy Reamer said he understood that the shooter, Robert Card, was su...

An effort to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maine Constitution appears to have failed after a vote to send the proposal to voters for ratification fell short in the House. Hours after a court ruling set the stage for a near-total ban on abortions in Arizona, the Maine House voted 75-65 Tuesday night in favor of the amendment…

A small plane had to make an emergency landing at a Poland Springs facility in Maine on Wednesday afternoon after running low on fuel. The York County Sheriff’s Office said their deputies were dispatched to Killick Pond Road in Hollis around 2 p.m. for a plane that had made an emergency landing near the Poland Springs building. When they......

The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history accused lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour of the legislative session for a so-called red flag law that could be used to take away guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Others, however, said such a law could have saved lives. Testi...

The best place to view the eclipse in totality on Monday were in northern New England, and it showed on the highways. Some people started the trek up north Sunday, others started already Monday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, Interstate 93 north in New Hampshire was already flooded with cars trying to make the trip to both northern New…...

Brennan died with his wife at his side a few blocks from the third-floor tenement housing on Munjoy Hill where his Irish immigrant parents raised a family of eight children, Frank O’Hara, a longtime friend, said Saturday.

Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Supporters say it’s important to reconsider the proposal after a gunman killed 18 people last fal...

A truck slammed into a freight train in northern Maine on Wednesday, leaving the truck’s driver seriously hurt and derailing the train, police said. The crash left Route 11 in Masardis closed, possibly for two or three days, while equipment is brought to the town to re-rail the train, according to Maine State Police. The driver, James Tapley,...

A driver died after merging into an SUV on Interstate 95 in Clinton, Maine, sending their car flipping off the highway, on Monday, police said. The car’s driver, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Maine State Police. The crash took place about 5:42 p.m., when a 2009 Ford Fusion traveling ...

A college student was found dead in a parking lot near the Frank J. Wood Bridge in Topsham, Maine, over the weekend, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The student, identified as a 20-year-old woman from California, was discovered at about 7 a.m. Sunday at 2 Main St., Topsham police said. The 20-year-old was a student at Bowdoin College&...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference Monday to promote the state as a top destination for the April 8 total solar eclipse and urge tourists and residents alike to plan ahead so they are able to safely enjoy the big event. She called Maine “the best place in New England and one of the best places in north…

A 30-year-old Maine man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a missing person’s case. The Maine Department of Public Safety says Joseph Chute, of Leeds, was taken into custody Friday evening following a nearly year-long investigation into the disappearance of 34-year-old Alex Jackson, of Windham. The Windham Police Depar...