A man has been arrested on murder charges after a fire and two deaths at a home Thursday in Limington, Maine. A retired firefighter who was driving down Hardscrabble Road in Limington shortly after 5 a.m. noticed a fire in a home, police said. He called 911 and then tried to enter the house, but was unable to do so….

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday that Maine is dropping its indoor mask order for fully vaccinated people and lifting the physical distancing requirement at indoor public settings like restaurants and bars, effective May 24. The decision is based on new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows fully vaccinated Americans not to wear face…

Maine is removing capacity limits and easing physical distancing restrictions ahead of what it hopes will be a busier summer tourist season this year. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday the state will lift all capacity limits and requirements to physically distance in outdoor settings starting May 24. That same day, the state will remove all capacity limits in public…

Rhode Island officials announced that they added approximately 7,300 new COVID-19 vaccination appointments on Tuesday, a day after residents age 50 to 59 became eligible to schedule a vaccine for the first time. The new appointments will be for the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Sockanosset Cross Road and regional sites in Westerly, Johnston and East Providence. They were scheduled to be…

The man accused of fatally stabbing a 22-year-old woman at a public library in Winchester, Massachusetts, was found not guilty Wednesday by reason of insanity. Jeffrey Yao, 24, of Winchester, was charged in the 2018 murder of Deane Kenny Stryker and the assault of a 77-year-old man who attempted to intervene at the Winchester Public Library. The judge reached a…

After a 14 hour operation involving hundreds of law enforcement officers from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, a hostage situation in Livermore Falls, Maine, ended with three people alive and free. The suspect, Donald White is dead. Police said they used deadly force to resolve the incident, which began around 5:45 a.m. Monday. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a…

Health officials said Wednesday that they have confirmed the first Maine case of the highly contagious COVID variant first identified in the United Kingdom. The B.1.1.7 variant was detected in a Franklin County resident who had recently traveled internationally, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “Ever since these variants were first described in the U.K.,...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she will end the 9 p.m. early closing time for businesses effective Monday, Feb. 1 due to a decline in the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate. Beginning Monday, businesses that had been subject to the requirement can resume evening operating hours, as long as they follow the state’s remaining public health and safety...

With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, who would have thought that a certain Vermont senator’s mittens would be captivating people’s attention? Yet Sen. Bernie Sanders’ brown winter handwear was all over Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday. The mittens, which he also wore while campaigning for president last year, were made in...

The University of Vermont Medical Center was expected to administer its first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday. The state could receive as many as 34,000 doses of the vaccine by the end of the month, though it will still be “several months” before the vaccine is available to many residents. Those who receive the first dose will receive a…