A man from Greene pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland on Monday to illegally trafficking whale and bird parts he imported from Eastern Europe and sold online to buyers across the country.

Maine and 15 other states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for threatening to withhold sex education funding from programs that reference "gender ideology."

Marcel Lagrange Jr. today pled guilty to all six charges against him.

This past July, Sunshine Stewart, a woman who regularly went paddle boarding alone was killed on a pond in Union. Police have charged a teenager with her murder but few details have been released about the case. Incidents like this are rare in Maine. And while they can have a chilling effect, some are responding to the tragedy by doubling down on doing what they love.

Joshua Estrada and Yancarlos Abrante are charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, perpetuating a drive-by shooting and using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

The case, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that the Trump administration is violating the legal and constitutional rights of non-citizens by denying them access to a bond hearing after being detained.

State authorities are still investigating the cause of a fire that killed two people Sunday on Portland's Munjoy Hill. The structure had been cited for previous fire code violations but repairs had been made to improve safety.

Police say a 17 year old from the neighboring town of Mexico was driving a Toyota Tacoma just before 10 p.m. when he struck a pedestrian in the roadway on Kerr street.

Last year, Maine reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over a lawsuit alleging the state was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The suspect in the fatal 1994 arson died before investigators could bring the case to court.