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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Students at Harvard University staged a protest Thursday as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered an address on school choice. Some held up fists. One held up a sign reading, &#...

PORTLAND, Maine - An alternative rock band’s finale at the Maine State Theater included an encore song, theatrical smoke - and firefighters. Officials say the theatrical smoke or fog used by The...

PORTLAND, Maine - A toddler whose disappearance more than five years ago sparked the biggest criminal investigation in state history was declared legally dead on Wednesday, allowing her mother to proc...

NEW YORK - When he was still a teenager, Jason Mraz considered musical theatre as a career option but feared he’d end up frustrated and as a waiter. Now the singer-songwriter is ready to make th...

BOSTON - A man dressed as a clown who’s running for a Boston city council seat has caused a stir on a college campus. Police tell The Boston Herald that Pat Payaso’s presence near a pollin...

PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine toddler whose 2011 disappearance sparked a massive and ongoing investigation has been declared legally dead, clearing the way for her mother to file a wrongful-death lawsuit ...

WASHINGTON - It’s hard to justify $45 for an ordinary black cotton T-shirt, but the customer at a store in Washington D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighbourhood does so without question. The clerk ...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 12,000 last week to 272,000 as Florida continued to absorb the economic impact of Hurricane Irma. NUMBERS: The Labor Dep...

Police officers physically removed a woman from a Southwest Airlines plane before it took off from Baltimore, the latest passenger scuffle to be captured on video and magnified on social media. After ...

CHICAGO - The owner of a suburban music venue plans to open a Chicago Music Hall of Fame next year. Ron Onesti is the owner of the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. He tells the (Arlington Heights) Daily...