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A Maine teenager has pleaded guilty to killing his grandmother, and has been sentenced as an adult to 27 years in prison.

Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents.

A 44-year-old Wiscasset woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the fatal beating a 4-year-old girl in her care.

Maine is joining a handful of states that have renamed Columbus Day to honor Native Americans.

President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks.

Health officials in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday told people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.

By JESSICA GRESKO and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, saying Acosta suffered "irreparable harm" from the decision to bar him...

A Democrat who finished behind Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the first round of balloting has come from behind to flip the seat in the second of its two U.S. House races.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump's request.

Federal authorities arrested a man in Florida on Friday in connection with the mail-bomb scare that widened to 12 suspicious packages, the Justice Department said.

The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple, the green bean casserole, enjoyed by millions has died.

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

A toddler in Utah was a little too helpful...

Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

Maine's current waiver expires on Oct. 10

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," ''I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer.