Portland Press Herald

Donald Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to halt Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, ramping up his attacks on the probe as the president’s former campaign chairman goes on trial for unrelated criminal charges.

KINSHASA, Congo — At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo’s northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

PHOENIX — A worker at a nonprofit organization that houses immigrant children separated from their parents at the border has been booked on suspicion of molesting a 14-year-old girl at its one of its facilities in Phoenix, police said Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

BIDDEFORD — The head beer-maker at Dirigo Brewing Co. is happy with how his newest release turned out, but equally pleased with the cause it will support.
Dirigo recently partnered with the local firefighters union on a new beer, Big Water, a Kolsch style ale, with the understanding that the proceeds of all sales will benefit nearly three dozen people displaced by a fire in April.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

It’s a sweet victory for Maine maple syrup and honey producers. An amendment preventing a confusing labeling requirement from moving forward was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
The amendment, authored by Republican Sen.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Gov. Paul LePage slammed the state employees’ union Wednesday in his weekly radio address, accusing it of trying to take credit for reforms his administration is proposing in the child protection system after the deaths of two children.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
n Gordon Clark, MD, MDiv was elected as a Fellow by the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Clark is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

TOKYO — Britain wants to align itself more closely with Asia’s growing economies as it prepares to leave the European Union, trade secretary Liam Fox said Wednesday.
The United Kingdom seeks to strike new trade pacts with countries that are becoming a larger part of its export market, he said, while also maintaining as much of its European trade as it can.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

AUGUSTA — Maine’s North Atlantic Development Office is putting together a trade mission headed by Gov. Paul LePage for companies interested in increasing business with the United Kingdom and Ireland.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

UPPER LAKE, California — A massive wildfire in Northern California has torched more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday as some evacuees were allowed to return home.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share