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3 hours ago in Entertainment

A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors

Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded — and stores owned by authors such as Ann Patchett are now a niche unto themselves, found everywhere from Brooklyn to New Mexico.

3 hours ago in Local

Cornish teenager charged in connection with fire

An arrest has been made in connection with a house fire in Cornish last week.

3 hours ago in Entertainment

YouTuber box office boom: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ draw Gen Z to theaters

Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn't for the big budget "Star Wars" movie, "The Mandalorian and Grogu, " which fell sharply in its second weekend, however, but for a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the internet.

3 hours ago in Local

Graham Platner denies accusations of sexually explicit texts sent to other women while married

Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is firing back after reporting over the weekend claimed he was sending sexually explicit texts to other women in the early days of his marriage.

3 hours ago in World

Rescuers search for alternative route to reach 2 missing in a flooded Laos cave

Rescue workers in Laos searched Monday for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rainfall flooded the main entrance, making it impassable.

4 hours ago in Sports

The trophy returns: NBA releases images of how Finals courts will look in San Antonio, New York

It's official: The NBA Finals logos are back at the NBA Finals. With no fanfare other than a social media post, the NBA announced Sunday that the image of the Larry O'Brien Trophy — the one given to the winner of the finals — will be painted at midcourt for games at both the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio and Madison Square Garden in New York for this season's title series.

2 days ago in Local

An Arrest is Made in Connection to a House Fire in Cornish

Police arrested 18-year-old Pather Joyce of Cornish in connection with a house fire, last Monday night.

2 days ago in Local

76-year-old Pemaquid Women Found Safe After Silver Alert

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had issued a Silver Alert for 76-year-old Terri Benner of Pemaquid. She has been found since.

2 days ago in Local

Casco Bay Lines to potentially be investigated for rate increase

The Maine Public Advocate is asking the Public Utilities Commission to open up a formal investigation into the price increases to keep them at a reasonable rate.

3 days ago in National

Pam Bondi faces a closed-door questioning from House lawmakers over the Epstein files

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the Trump administration's botched release of the Epstein case files.

3 days ago in Local

Child critically injured in accident involving lawn tractor in Kenduskeag

A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after an accident involving a lawn tractor in Penobscot County.

3 days ago in Local

Final wording of transgender athlete referendum released despite removal from Maine state ballot

The Maine Secretary of State's Office has released the final wording of a referendum question concerning transgender students that's been removed from the ballot.

4 days ago in National

A large fire has erupted at an apartment complex in Dallas

Firefighters battled a large fire that erupted Thursday at an apartment complex in Dallas, where debris from one collapsed building lay heaped on the ground while flames and black smoke billowed into the sky. Neighbors reported hearing a loud boom like an explosion.

4 days ago in Sports

Chiefs WR Rashee Rice continues serving jail sentence as team begins voluntary offseason workouts

While most of the Kansas City Chiefs participated in voluntary workouts this week, wide receiver Rashee Rice was back in Texas, serving his 30-day jail sentence after violating the terms of his probation for his role in a car crash that left multiple people injured.

4 days ago in World

Taylor Swift concert attack plot suspect found guilty by Austrian court

An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.

4 days ago in Sports, Trending

MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time since baseball’s 1994-95 strike

Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond.

4 days ago in Local

Police respond to two standoffs related to domestic violence in Westbrook

Police in Westbrook responded to two standoffs within 24 hours.

4 days ago in Local

Ethics Commission approves investigation into political ad targeting candidate for Maine governor Ben Midgley

Maine's Ethics Commission has voted to investigate Republican candidate for governor Bobby Charles over a website targeting his opponent, Ben Midgley.

4 days ago in Sports

Baseball players ask for expanded free agency, salary arbitration rights, almost doubling minimum

Baseball players fired the opening salvo Wednesday in what is expected to be long and contentious labor negotiations, asking for expanded free agency and salary arbitration rights along with almost doubling the major league minimum and increasing the money high-revenue teams share with the less-wealthy clubs.

4 days ago in World

Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

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