Mainers could be forced to verify their ages before accessing artificial intelligence tools if a Democrat-led bill aimed at protecting minors from the harms of chatbot use goes into effect. [RELATED: All Residential Electricity May…

The Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred last Thursday night and left the glass door of a church shattered. [RELATED: Bath Iron Works Employee Identified as Suspect in Deadly Rhode Island…

The organizers of an upcoming Palestinian-rights conference either pulled a big boner or are crazy like a fox.The Maine Coalition for Palestine is holding a daylong seminar February 28 featuring an anti-Semitic speaker, Francesca Albanese.Ironically,…

A legal battle is now settled after the Portland International Jetport agreed to pay $125,000 to the city of South Portland.The settlement is over a dispute that ignited last year when the airport cleared land…

A second worker has died from injuries suffered in a reported gas incident at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville last month, according to a mill spokesperson.The worker’s identity has not been released though the mill confirmed…

LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday night to approve an “emergency” ordinance restricting city employees, including the Lewiston Police Department, from assisting federal immigration enforcement, after a tense council debate and…

The former Bath Iron Works employee who opened fire on his own family at a Rhode Island hockey game had undergone a sex change.That’s according to the New York Post, which says Robert Dorgan’s wife…

LEWISTON, Maine — Survivors of the Lewiston mass shooting and family members of victims delivered emotional testimony before the Lewiston City Council this week, pressing for greater transparency and accountability over how millions of dollars…

Maine lawmakers are poised to support a bill expanding the state’s sales tax exemption for the sale and delivery of residential electricity. Originating as a proposal to establish a refundable tax credit worth as much…

LEWISTON, Maine — Hundreds of tips about adult autism group homes have poured into The Maine Wire in recent days after the outlet reported on conditions inside a residence managed by Lighthouse Health Services in…

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The suspected gunman in a deadly shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink was an employee at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, officials confirmed Monday, according to WGME. Three people, including the…

Milo Hanson of Saskatchewan remains an untouchable hero in the eyes of Maine deer hunters.Hanson, 81, who died last week, holds the claim to taking down the biggest whitetail buck ever shot in the world.…

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement who carried the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into national politics and spent decades advocating for racial…

WASHINGTON — A Texas Republican’s proposal to halt most immigration from Somalia for 25 years is pouring gasoline on a national debate over welfare use, fraud prosecutions, and the political rhetoric surrounding Somali communities, with…

Later this month, members of the public will have the opportunity to weigh in on a bill that would require Maine hospitals to develop plans for handling potential cybersecurity intrusions. This past summer, several Maine…

A world-renowned filmmaker whose body of work included examining life along the Maine coast has died.Frederick Wiseman, who was 96, was a documentarian, theater director and actor.Wiseman’s work was primarily about exploring life within America’s…

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division has sued Harvard University for allegedly withholding information that they say is necessary to determine if their admissions practices are free of discrimination. In 2023,…

Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies responded on Friday night and into Saturday morning to two unrelated domestic violence incidents in Garland and Hermon. [RELATED: Brewer Man Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges…] At approximately 8:00 p.m. on…

Marauding selfish teen brats aka thugs have been walking into a Bangor women’s clothing store and walking out with thousands of dollars of stolen merchandise. So the owner is threatening to create a dressing room…

A southern Maine fire department didn’t have to go far to put out the most recent blaze.  While Biddeford firefighters were sleeping, one of them awoke to the smell of smoke shortly after 3 a.m. …

The Somerset Sheriff Department arrested a homeless man from Bangor after he was allegedly discovered trafficking methamphetamine along with a 17-year-old and a 29-year-old. [RELATED: Homeless Bangor Man Arrested After Taking a Hammer to a…

A Sagadahoc Grand Jury indicted a Hermon woman on charges of manslaughter, assault, and operating under the influence on Friday after she allegedly caused a fatal crash in October while drunk driving. [RELATED: Androscoggin Sheriff’s…

The Rockland Police Department arrested a 47-year-old man on Friday during the execution of a search warrant in the city’s Thorndike Apartments. [RELATED: Bangor Man Arrested in Rockland on Drug Trafficking Charges…] Officers executed a…

The Rockland and Rockport Police Departments teamed up on Saturday to arrest an alleged homeless drug trafficker who was wanted on an outstanding warrant following an investigation that began in December. [RELATED: Rockland Man Arrested…