Portland Press Herald News Stories

I recently listened to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program on NPR. One segment of the program was an interview with a transgender person who had just graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy. After spending four years training to become an officer in the service, this person could not be commissioned, by order of […]

I'm appalled by the biased coverage of mass media. This opinion section plays an active part.

A vehicle containing 8 occupants was pulled over in Scarborough on Saturday, but the 2 men officials believe witnessed the fatality were not among them.

A group submitted to county commissioners a petition signed by nearly 3,000 people demanding that the Cumberland County Jail no longer hold Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees.

One firefighter was transported to Maine Medical Center with minor injuries, and there is smoke and water damage 'throughout a good portion of the building,' a fire official said.

The Senate voted 18-16 against having Maine leave the multistate compact it joined last year pledging to give all of its electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationwide if the agreement is enacted.

Maine's pro-am women's soccer team is in the midst of its third season and hopes to continue growing.

While American governors emphasized the vital role of Canadian tourists, Canadian premiers were apprehensive to recommend their constituents visit the U.S.

The sheriff's office said it has seen an increase in immigrants applying to be corrections officers after the state waived an English language requirement.

Rather than try to fix a problem it caused in the first place, Boston's management traded the team's best hitter for little in return.