Several states have new gun laws going into effect in 2025. Everytown for Gun Safety released a new ranking Wednesday of the laws in all 50 states.

Earlier this month, the independent watchdog monitoring Maine’s child welfare agency went before the legislature’s government oversight committee and admitted frustration.

The NWS has warned of possible snow squalls as Arctic air spreads south and east from the Rockies Friday through next week.

Travis Lazarczyk moves the Black Bears up to No. 4 on his USCHO.com ballot this week, after the team swept UMass Lowell over the weekend.

Frida Zeinali of Auburn and Alex Fuller of Portland were married Friday, Jan. 3, at Portland City Hall. Frida is a 2024 graduate of Marquette University and a reporter at the Lewiston Sun Journal, part of Maine Trust for Local News.

BOSTON — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists, and the Boston Bruins beat Colorado 3-1 on Saturday, a day after the Avalanche traded star winger Mikko Rantanen. Pastrnak set up both of Morgan Geekie’s goals in the third period. He also had an empty-netter in the final seconds for his 24th goal of the season.

Maine joined 21 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to save a program designed to make telephone service and internet access affordable for low-income, rural and tribal residents. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Public Advocate William Harwood signed an amicus brief filed Thursday that asks the nation’s highest court to reverse a

The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," created in Dover by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1983, are now the subject of a new documentary.

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.

Goalie Jeremy Swayman returned to practice for the Boston Bruins on Friday and Michael DiPietro was back in Providence.