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President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine to mourn with a community where 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disap...

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

Maine is the latest state to consider closing an election law loophole to stop foreign government spending on referendums. The ballot measure comes after a Canadian government-owned utility spent $22 million in 2021 on a Maine referendum aimed at stopping a hydropower transmission project. Federal election law prevents foreign governments and entities from donating to candidates in elections. But there’s no prohibition on donating to referendum campaigns. The Campaign Legal Center in Washingto...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters are poised to decide whether to ban foreign influence in elections, many of them irked over the $22 million a Canadian utility spent to fight state referendums on a hydropower transmission project. Hydro Quebec, owned by the Canadian province, exploited an election law loophole to fight attempts to stop […]

The 18 people killed in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, included a 14-year-old bowler, a shipbuilder who loved playing the game of cornhole and a sign language interpreter.

Hydro-Québec spent US$22 million to influence a referendum to stop a transmission line in the state.

Documents released by a Maine sheriffs office give the most detailed timeline yet of the warning signs and failed efforts to stop the gunman who killed 18 people and wounded

LEWISTON, Maine -- Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maines history, the gunmans family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.

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 Maine’s history