Maine

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting parents. U.S. District Judge Jon Levy acknowledged his decision that a mother such as Amber Lavigne “might expect school officials to keep her informed...

A man was shot by law enforcement after escaping police custody in Paris, Maine, on Monday, according to authorities. Several roads in the area of Route 117 were closed around noon Monday due to the situation. Area residents were told to stay inside their homes. The suspect was shot by law enforcement and taken to a nearby medical facility for…

Several people were injured Saturday when an antique vehicle struck a parade float in Kennebunk, Maine, in what appears to be a total accident. Kennebunk Fire-Rescue says many people unfortunately witnessed the accident that occurred at the start of the parade formation on Water St. According to Kennebunk Fire-Rescue, the antique vehicle “lurched forward unexpectedly” and ended up crushing several…

A 21-year-old motorcyclist from Connecticut has died following a crash on the Maine Turnpike Friday evening. The Maine Department of Public Safety says Zachary Swain was exiting Interstate 95 around 6:30 p.m. when he failed to negotiate the curve of the Exit 32 southbound off-ramp in Biddeford, causing his motorcycle to strike a guard rail, according to NBC10 Boston affiliate…

It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting. The answer didn’t come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they didn’t hold back. When patrons return Friday, six months after the gunman opened fire, they will see inspiring pictures at...

A British national who forced a United Airlines plane flying from London to the New York City area to be diverted to Maine earlier this year has been ordered to reimburse the airline over $20,000 for interfering with flight crew. Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, 30, was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor for interfering with a flight…

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills — a waiting period for gun purchases — to become law without her signature in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. The governor announced that she would let a 10-day period pass without signing or vetoing the 72-hour waiting period…

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer of guns to prohibited people and expanding mental health crisis care. The governor told lawmakers during...

A woman was killed and a man seriously hurt in a pileup that temporarily shut one side of the Maine Turnpike Friday morning, police said. A car being driven by a man from Boston hit a minivan and a pickup truck in Wells at about 8:41 a.m., sending the truck rolling across the road, Interstate 95, Maine State Police said….

Fellow U.S. Army reservists who witnessed the mental and physical decline of a colleague who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told a commission investigating the killings Thursday that they tried to intervene before the tragedy. Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted...

The body of a man reported missing from Maine last year has been located in New Hampshire about a month after another man was charged with his murder. Alex Jackson, 34, of Windham, Maine, disappeared around May 14, 2023, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella. After nearly a year, Joseph Chute, 30, was charged with murder in…

Police in Maine are searching for a Greenbush man who has been missing for several days. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office says they received a missing person report on Thursday for 47-year-old Jeremy Hill, and deputies began investigating. Hill was reportedly last seen waring gray-colored clothing. He is 5’10, has brown hair and weighs about 200 pounds. According to officials,…

A man allegedly robbed or threatened people at several different churches in Maine on Sunday morning before he led police on a chase and was later arrested. State police say it all started around 10:07 a.m. when a woman called 911 from a church parking lot at 213 Federal Road in Parsonsfield to say a man threatened to kill her….

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating international criminal organizations that are operating illegal marijuana grows in about 20 states, including Maine.

A Maine man convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago launched his latest bid on Thursday for a new trial by trying to convince a judge that advances in DNA testing raise questions about his guilt. The attorney for Dennis Dechaine called his first witness at the start of a two-day hearing in Knox County Superior…

An 11-year-old boy was killed when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle while riding on a neighbor’s property in the northern Maine town of Sangerville, wardens said. The neighbor went looking for the boy and found him unresponsive with the ATV on top of him at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, said Mark Latti, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of...

The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after…

A woman accused by scam victims of criscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected to learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom. Marianne Smyth, a 54-year-old American, appeared Wednesday in federal court in Maine for a hearing related to allegations that she stole more than $170,000 from at least five victims…

Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor’s announcement Monday that she’s letting the proposal become law without her signature. Under the proposed compact, each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote for president, regardless of how individual states...

A series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history appears to be headed toward final passage as the state Legislature races to wrap up its session this week. The House followed the Senate on Monday in approving the governor’s omnibus gun safety bill that strengthens the state’s yellow flag law, boosts background checks for...