Dr. Merideth Norris is charged with 17 counts of distribution of a controlled substance to five patients.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.

Their concerns were echoed by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's second congressional district. Fishery regulators have said gauge changes are necessary after observing what they perceived as a troubling decline in the juvenile lobster population over a three-year period.

Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.

Due to a lack of continued funding from Congress, the last full subsidy was issued in April, with only a potential partial discount available for some customers in May.

Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.

After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.

Three police officers and two paramedics faced felony charges in death of McClain, a young Black man not suspected of a crime. Two cops were aquitted.

Nickelodeon's megahit show SpongeBob SquarePants made its TV debut on May 1, 1999. Fans of the cartoon span generations and the animated series has become a multibillion-dollar franchise.

New York police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators on two campuses Tuesday night, as officers cleared out a Columbia University building occupied by protesters.