The survey also suggests that students are reducing alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and vaping consumption.

Despite the rainy days in October and November, Maine didn't get enough precipitation to make up for an abnormally dry summer.

The family had been trying to seek asylum in Canada. Local school, church, and soccer communities are reckoning with the family's sudden absence.

The move is in response to changes on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's website that promotes a possible link with autism.

The Trump administration last week unveiled a series of policy changes that state officials say could results in more than 1,000 Mainers becoming homeless. Included are cuts to funding for programs that provide permanent, long-term housing and support services.

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Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.

In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.

The American economy depends on truckers. Technology is promising to transform this industry with new driver-assistance features that are meant to make the job safer and less demanding.

Drinks infused with cannabis' buzzy compound THC are wildly popular and available in many states. But a year from now, the hemp-based products could be banned under a newly approved federal law.