NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions

The missions beat out two other proposed projects, to Jupiter's moon Io and Neptune's icy moon Triton.

Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters

The world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines may offer lasting protection, but scientists caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card.

High school graduations are back, and in-person, after a year of difficult lessons

Deering High School's outdoor ceremony at Memorial Field marks a return to some sense of normalcy.

U.S. formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

Since Feb. 19, about 11,200 people with active cases have been allowed to return to the United States ahead of their hearing.

Biden suspends oil, gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

The remote, 19.6 million-acre refuge is home to polar bears, caribou, snowy owls and other wildlife, including migrating birds from six continents.

In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels

There is strong evidence that human activity and global warming are altering the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, experts say.

Central Maine high school athletes earn Maine Sports Hall of Fame Scholarships

Winthrop's Kerrigan Anuszewski and Forest Hills senior Parker Desjardins among the top student athletes in the state.

Pizzeria is open, busy and hiring

Silver Linings: Volunteers help Maine’s far-flung elders

Older people in rural areas are often isolated and lack services, such as transportation.

After receiving complaint, state says CMP-backed corridor complying with permit for tree-cutting

Opponents of the high-voltage transmission line through western Maine have alleged that contractors cut a wider swath through the forest than its environmental permit allows.