Initial plans to pass multiple amendments to provide state lawmakers with flexibility to account for changing circumstances when it comes time for second passage next year had been scrapped in favor ...

The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and more.

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members, Union and Confederate, between 1861 and 1865. The first national obs ...

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Trump administration was scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president ...

Early voting begins June 13 and runs through June 21. When is the last day I can register to vote before the election? Applications must be received by a board of elections no later than June 13 to be ...

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday in another legal setback for President Donald ...

A star-studded concert series for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this summer is getting attention for all the wrong reasons. Country star Martina McBride, ...

KENNEBUNK – Higher diesel fuel prices are worrying lobster fishermen in Maine, just as the summer fishing season is beginning to ramp up. “It’s going to be more expensive for them to fish if this ...

Some New Yorkers will see a partial increase in their utility bills starting on Monday. The partial increase impacts New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) ...

DOWAGIAC, Mich. — For Billy Finn, the sound never stops. From his home on a once-quiet street in Dowagiac, Michigan, Finn lives directly across from a data center operated by Alliance Cloud Services, ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed into law measures part of the state budget that aim to lower auto insurance costs for motorists in the state. One of her top priorities in this lengthy ...

HOULTON — Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital are nearing the end of a four-day strike over staffing levels. They are asking management to staff at least three nurses in the emergency ...