How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the United States appear to solve a riddle that has confounded economists for at least a year: How has the U.S. economy managed to prosper, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs, month after month, at a time when the Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates โ normally a recipe for a recession.
Storms bear down on New England and East Coast as severe weather persists across the US
More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and expected to bring more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains are soaking the East Coast.
Judge sides with conservative group in its push to access, publish voter rolls online
A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico election officials violated public disclosure provisions of the National Voter Registration Act by refusing to provide voter rolls to a conservative group and its public online database.
Special Olympics Maine founder accused in lawsuit of grooming, sexually abusing boy
A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with employment.
Beyond 'yellow flag' law, Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before shootings
The interim report from the commission investigating Maine's deadliest mass shooting focused mostly on whether authorities should have taken shooter Robert Card into custody and seized his guns under the state's so-called yellow flag law.
Law enforcement should have seized man's guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds
An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in Maine issued an interim report that has found that a sheriffโs office had cause to take the killer into protective custody and take his guns from him beforehand.
Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting
The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed.
In wake of mass shooting, here is how Maine's governor wants to tackle gun control and mental health
Maineโs governor has rolled out legislation she says will prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to help prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston mass shooting that shook the state.
Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port
Maine's governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nationโs first floating offshore wind power research array.
In video, Maine gunman said reservists were scared because he was โcapableโ of doing something
An Army reservist responsible for Maineโs deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was โgonna frigginโ do something.โ.
Trump asks Maine judge for pause to let US Supreme Court rule on ballot access
Former President Donald Trump is asking a Maine judge to halt proceedings on ballot access to allow the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a Colorado case in which Trump was kicked off the ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?
The decision by Maine's secretary of state to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot will inevitably increase pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of Trump's eligibility once and for all.
Workers in New England states looking forward to a bump up in minimum wages in 2024
Workers in several New England states are looking forward to a bump up in the minimum wage in 2024 while advocates in Massachusetts are pushing a ballot question aimed at phasing out the stateโs subminimum wage for tipped workers.
Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5
Utility crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S. At least five people were killed.
Deadly storm batters Northeastern US, knocking out power, grounding flights and flooding roads
A storm barreling through the Northeastern U.S. has flooded roads and downed trees, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, forced flight cancellations and school closures, and killed at least four people.
A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist
An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agencyโs response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history.
Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre
Authorities face mounting questions about how a gunman with a history of mental illness, an array of weapons and who police knew had a potential for violence was still able to own guns and commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maineโs history.
Maine mass shooter's troubling behavior raised concerns for months, documents show
Documents released by a Maine sheriff's office give the most detailed timeline yet of the warning signs and failed efforts to stop the gunman who killed 18 people and wounded 13 others at a bowling alley and bar last week.
Timeline shows Maine suspect moved swiftly to carry out mass shooting rampage and elude police
A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass shootings stayed one step ahead of police who rushed to the bowling alley and a bar but were too late to stop him from killing 18 people and slipping away into the night in his Subaru.
Expect to see armored vehicles, guns drawn, divers in water as manhunt for Maine mass shooting suspect continues
Authorities in Maine say the river search is at a location where Robert Card's vehicle was found -- along with the ground search which spans miles of heavily wooded area. Former JSO Director Tom Hackney says this search is unique, and complex.
โWanted dead or alive situationโ: Bradford County colonel describes manhunt for Maine shooter as highly dangerous
A colonel with the Bradford County Sheriffโs Office says more innocent people and the units who are doing the search can be at risk during the manhunt for the Maine shootingsโ suspect.
Retired Jacksonville SWAT officer gives insight into how manhunts work as agencies search for Maine shootingsโ suspect
As police keep looking for the man accused of killing at least 18 people and injuring more than a dozen others in Maine Wednesday night, a retired Jacksonville SWAT officer gave more insight into how a manhunt like this typically works.