Portland council to consider banning sales of flavored tobacco products

The city would join Bangor and more than 330 municipalities around the U.S. that have passed restrictions on flavored tobacco.

U.S. plans $50 billion wildfire fight where trees meet towns

The Biden administration says it will more aggressively thin forests around 'hot spots' where nature and neighborhoods collide.

Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autopilot

California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.

Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy

Dakota and Navajo actor Dallas Goldtooth joins other influencers – people who have earned the community’s trust – in a two-phase public outreach effort by nonprofit organizations including IllumiNative and the Urban Indian Health Institute.

China’s Xi rejects ‘Cold War mentality,’ pushes cooperation

In his opening speech at the virtual Davos forum, President Xi Jinping says his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries.

Researchers zeroing in on COVID-related loss of smell and taste

A new study points to damaged cells in the part of the nose that traps odor molecules and submits a response to the brain.

Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai

Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s believed to have come from outer space.

What became of much-liked traffic light?

Grants to support free after school meals coming to Maine

A Maine group that works to combat child hunger says it is awarding more than $80,000 to school districts and nonprofit organizations.

Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high over weekend

A total of 109 coronavirus patients were in critical care on Sunday and 56 on ventilators.