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Thursday marked the first time since 1972’s Apollo 17 mission that a United States spacecraft has landed on the moon.…
A citizens initiative aimed at changing Maine’s campaign finance law is likely to come before voters at the ballot box…
A Warren lawmaker who works for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) refused GOP requests to recuse himself…
Maine’s Legislative Council voted down a proposed bill to increase election security before the upcoming state primary and the potentially…
Maine’s public institutions, especially the government-run schools, have been consumed in recent years with crafting policies on the basis of…
Early Thursday morning, thousands of cell customers reported that their phones were stuck on “SOS only” mode, meaning that they…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is poised to levy a $250,000 fine against the company responsible for Worcester…
Portland Police say a pair of male teens are responsible for an attempted carjacking and robbery of a 64-year-old woman…
Border officials in Texas made the largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine at a port of entry when they interdicted over 13,000…
Three Mainers are facing drug trafficking charges after leading police on a chase down Interstate 95 Wednesday morning, according to…
Google announced early Thursday morning that it was suspending its new Gemini Artificial Intelligence’s (A.I.) image generation ability following widespread…
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over a…
The Portland City Council will vote Monday on whether to provide a $1.2 million loan to a planned affordable housing…
A group of 47 Maine House Democrats penned an emotional letter in an attempt to leverage the tragic Oct. 25…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has come under scrutiny for his pilot program to give pre-paid debit cards…
Nearly 1,500 illegally grown cannabis plants were seized Thursday after the the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant…
Maine’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS) held a public hearing on a bill intended to crackdown on…
The White House announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden has canceled yet another round of student debt, nearly six months…
Maine’s Committee on Energy Utilities and Technology (EUT) held a public hearing on Tuesday on a bill which could strike…
A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted two Chinese nationals Tuesday for participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Apple…
Auburn Police announced Tuesday that a man has been arrested on drug trafficking charges after a search warrant executed at…
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) voted unanimously last week to allow election officials to allocate federal funds toward countering…
A Portland man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to 16 years in prison for drug trafficking…
The State of Maine reportedly imposes upon its residents one of the heftiest vehicle tax burdens in the nation. According…
A Maine school district has agreed to change how it promotes “affinity groups” for students of color after receiving pushback…
The United States used its veto power to kill a measure in the United Nations Security Council intending to demand…
Russia has officially added Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) to its list of terrorists and extremists. The decision, by Russian…
Portland Police announced Tuesday that a man has been arrested in connection to a January assault and home invasion on…
A Portland man has been arrested in connection to a Monday stabbing on Portland Street. Portland Police responded to 5…
As divisive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing in the United Kingdom court, which could determine whether he will…
A former U.S. soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, 23-year-old Christopher Meza was sentenced on Friday for sexually exploiting a…
Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at a Pine St. apartment building. Police say they…
A Mexican national who was previously removed from the United States twice was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison…
The Kremlin announced Monday that Russian forces had taken full control of the Ukrainian city Avdiivka, in a significant defeat…
Billionaire activist investor George Soros proved this week that he doesn’t care strictly about money, as it was revealed his…
Body cam footage has been released showing police conducting a welfare check on Lewiston shooter Robert Card, three months before…
Former President Donald Trump (R) has declined to petition the Supreme Court for review of a December appeals court decision…
A two-vehicle accident in Eustis early Saturday left two seriously injured and resulted in three undocumented Ecuadorian nationals being taken…
A Democratic Kansas State Representative criticized a bill currently being considered by the Kansas State Legislature that would ban the…
The Portland Museum of Art announced Thursday that it will be laying off thirteen employees, citing the continued impacts of…
In a recent Pennsylvania special election, the race was called with less than half of the votes counted after it…
Alexie Navalny, a Russian politician who has consistently opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a Russian prison.…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…
Launched in 2022, online discount shopping website Temu — owned by the China-based company PDD Holdings — has come under…
A 6-year-old missing child from Iowa has been found safe on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland. Avery Doherty,…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Darcie McElwee announced Wednesday that her office collected a total of $24.4 million…
Three Maine airports have received a combined $18,024,800 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fiscal Year 2024…
For the first time in twenty years, the death of a North Atlantic Right Whale has been linked to Maine…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced a $71 million new spending proposal on Wednesday that would bring Maine’s total spending…
Far left activists have successfully blocked a proposed mining project in remote Township 6, Range 6 (T6R6) that would have…
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Jason Owens has appointed Juan Bernal as the new Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) of Maine’s…
Three people were arrested Wednesday after a search of a Pittsfield home by Maine State Police led to the discovery…
A high school in Maine has opted to ditch a plan to using biometric fingerprint scanners to help staff keep…
A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a Betterment Road property that uncovered…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has voted nine-to-zero against a bill that would have amended the Maine Human Rights…
Maine Senator Angus King (I) is calling for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to protect humorous and witty highway…
The Portland Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a 2023 year-in-review report on the city’s response to…
An Androscoggin Sheriff’s Deputy was shot early Wednesday morning while responding to a call about an unspecified disturbance at a…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Tuesday a bill that grants the Independent Commission investigating the Oct. 25, 2023…
Maine Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday on the state’s homelessness crisis and spending related to providing taxpayer-funded housing…
President Joe Biden will not take a cognitive exam during his next visit to the doctor’s office despite growing doubts…
Multiple residents of Brookline, Mass., have volunteered for the state’s immigrant resettlement program, which begged residents to host illegal immigrant…
An Illinois Democrat is pushing for a bill that would amend the definition of child abuse to make it a…
Former Republican President Donald Trump has tapped North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the Republican…
The individual who attempted a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch in Houston on Sunday has been identified as…
President Joe Biden (D) has received criticism after his campaign officially joined TikTok — the Chinese-controlled social media app widely…
Elected officials in Maine are considering proposals that would allocate millions of dollars in response to destruction caused by the…
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter to every Republican member of congress on Monday, urging them to oppose…
A homeless man was arrested on Riverside Street in Portland Sunday on charges of drug trafficking, refusing to submit to…
Portland’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) received a total of 178 intakes in January, including two dozen homeless individuals from out-of-state,…
A new report from a group of transgender ideology activists has published survey data that conflicts sharply with a recently…
According to the most recent state data, there were nearly 10,000 drug overdoses in Maine during 2023, though the number…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments last week concerning the imposition of vaccine mandates on emergency medical technicians…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire at an abandoned home in Eddington that was allegedly started by a…
A co-founder and former CEO of a sustainable fuel company pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection to a…
Maine has been awarded a $4.4 million from the federal government to improve the “resilience” of the state’s electrical grid,…
Renowned conservative columnist Mark Steyn has been ordered by a Washington, D.C. jury to pay controversial global warming activist Michael…
The past few weeks have marked the receipt of several million dollars in federal funding being sent to Maine in…
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 unit at Boston’s Logan Airport thwarted an attempt to illegally import four…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued an Executive Order on Friday calling for hearings over allegations of misconduct against Oxford…
Multiple properties throughout northern Maine suspected of being part of the network of illegal Chinese marijuana growing operations were raided…
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in the case of Trump v. Anderson out of Colorado…
Five Chinese nationals were arrested this week in California after border agents discovered thousands of gift cards, merchandise, and 23…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced the Commander-In-Chief of all Ukrainian armed forces on Thursday following disputes. “The year 2024 can…
Maine’s Permanent Commission on Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) have released a report detailing the legislative initiatives they are…
Multiple members of the European Union’s (EU) parliament have called for sanctions against Tucker Carlson following his interview with Russian…
The Maine State Senate rejected a bill Tuesday aimed at extending search warrant requirements to cover a wide range of…
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) released a statement Wednesday following a review of 60 studies that concluded “social transition,…
Maine state legislators are continuing efforts to improve sexual assault kit testing in the state, as kits continue to go…
Portland Police are investigating a shootout between the occupants of two cars that occurred Tuesday evening in the city’s Sagamore…
The South Portland City Council approved an order Tuesday that freed up $150,000 in state funds that will be used…
Maine’s child welfare system has frequently come under fire in recent months for its failure to protect the state’s most…
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has made staggering profits off of some suspect tech trading, according…
For the second time in less than three months, the Lewiston Police Department executed a search warrant at 149 College…
A trans-identifying biological male is expected to dominate at the New Hampshire Division II championship track meet this Sunday, where…
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-Ohio) took to X on Monday to reveal that the White House pressured Amazon to censor…
A bill aimed at establishing an state advisory board to facilitate renaming place names in Maine had a public hearing…
Maine, a state that has some of the highest taxes and electricity costs in the country, can also now count…
Editor’s Note: Following the publication of this story, a public affairs professional from Maine Health contacted the Maine Wire asking…