Who holds Major League Baseball’s record for the highest batting average in a single season? It’s not Ted Williams, with his .406 average in 1941, the last time anyone topped .400. It’s not Ty Cobb, with his stunning .420 average in 1911, or even Nap Lajoie, whose .426 average in 1901 generally shows up in […]

A person convicted of domestic abuse has absolutely no business at a state dinner.

In attempting to undermine the judicial system and fanning the flames of anti-establishment rabble-rousing and worse, the senator has nailed her colors to the mast.

Our sustained popularity with visitors is in no doubt; it’s our capacity to cater to them that needs more attention.

In response to the news, Gov. Mills encouraged ‘cautious optimism.’ That’s the right approach.

In quietly halting a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, President Joe Biden at last began exercising U.S. leverage to halt a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the final refuge in Gaza for about a million Palestinians displaced by Israeli destruction elsewhere in the besieged territory. It’s the right move, even though Israel may have a […]

An ‘overhaul’ of FAFSA can be argued to have dragged applications by Maine students down by almost a quarter this year.

The 13th bishop of the Portland Diocese takes the wheel at a challenging time for the diocese – and the Church at large.

By the end of the decade, new cars and trucks in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems that can save hundreds of lives each year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which announced the requirement last week, called it the most significant safety rule in two decades. This is […]