2 days ago in World

Australia’s social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends

Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep ranch, doesn't know how he'll keep in touch with his circle of far-flung friends once Australia's world-first social media ban takes effect on Wednesday. Riley's family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in South Australia state. But some of his school friends live as far as 70 kilometers (43 miles) away.

2 days ago in Sports

Shohei Ohtani is the AP’s Male Athlete of the Year for record-tying 4th time

Shohei Ohtani is catching up with more legends. The baseball superstar ends 2025 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the fourth time, tying him with Lance Armstrong, LeBron James and Tiger Woods for most among male honorees.

2 days ago in Features, Trending

How to watch one of the year’s best meteor showers, the Geminids

It's time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society.

2 days ago in Local

Judge Sides with States, Including Maine, Against Trump Block on Wind Energy

Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order 

2 days ago in Local

Arkansas Sex Offender Arrested 2nd Time in Maine for Failing to Register

The suspect was taken to the Knox County Jail.

2 days ago in Local

Dump Truck Snags Power Lines in Bar Harbor, Causing Outages, Closures

Some utility customers in central Bar Harbor were dealing with outages Monday night after a dump truck dropping off material…

2 days ago in Local

Pellet stove believed to be involved in Van Buren fire that destroyed two buildings

A fire in Van Buren over the weekend destroyed two buildings.

2 days ago in Local

Police arrest two men for illegally hunting deer at night in Brunswick

Two men were arrested in Brunswick for hunting deer at night.

2 days ago in Entertainment

Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy

The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Music

Coldplay, U2 and Ed Sheeran top Pollstar’s most popular touring artists of the new millennium

Much has been made about the global touring economy in the last few years. Take, for example, that tours grossing over a billion dollars is a new phenomenon in the 2020s — a benchmark first crossed by Taylor Swift in 2023 with her landmark Eras Tour and an accomplishment recently reached by The Weeknd.

2 days ago in Entertainment

ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension.

2 days ago in National

Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned Monday as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier pleads not guilty to sports betting charges

Miami Heat player Terry Rozier pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games.

2 days ago in World

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, many of them looking lost but relieved.

2 days ago in World

Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a tsunami

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) in Pacific coast communities, officials said.

3 days ago in Local

Sanford Man Charged in 7-Eleven Robbery

Police say the 7-Eleven on Main St. in Springvale was robbed on December 1st.

3 days ago in Lifestyle

If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

Some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others. But the process of taking them off is longer, much more costly and ouch — extremely more painful than getting them put on, according to professionals in the industry.

3 days ago in Sports

Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens

Elected to baseball's Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn't control his emotions. "Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable," he said after Sunday's vote announcement. "Thoughts are so far clouded."

3 days ago in Entertainment

‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite's momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix's acquisition deal.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Indiana grabs top seed in College Football Playoff. Alabama and Miami make it, Notre Dame left out

Most of that second-guessing came from Notre Dame, which was passed over in favor of Alabama and Miami for two of the bracket's bubble spots.