Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

Brooks 9-18 2-3 22, Tate 0-4 0-0 0, Sengun 10-19 2-5 23, Ja.Green 10-17 2-2 26, VanVleet 3-10 0-0 9, Eason 6-10 6-8 18, Whitmore 4-14 3-4 12, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Adams 1-4 0-0 2, Holiday 4-9 0-0 10, Sheppard 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 48-108 15-22 125.

According to Jeremy D'Entremont, the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, Portland Head Light dates back to 1784, when 74 merchants petitioned the Massachusetts government, whom Maine was under at the time, for a light at the entrance of Portland Harbor.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The regulators were looking to institute a new rule that fishermen need ...

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

The Houston Rockets (27-13) wrap up their three-game road trip against the Portland Trail Blazers (13-27) on Saturday at Moda Center. The Rockets had their five-game win streak snapped in a loss to the Kings on Thursday,

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Construction is underway in South Portland, where Preble Street is building a facility designed to help bolster Maine's emergency preparedness. The nonprofit has been working to piece together its Food Security Hub in order to help combat hunger and food insecurity statewide.

Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will take hold in much of the country

JD Davison finished with 24 points and 13 assists, but the Maine Celtics lost in to the College Park Skyhawks, 112-109, in overtime in an NBA G League game Saturday in Portland. Jay Scrubb added 20 points,

A.J. Lopez scored 24 points to lift Maine to an 87-62 win over Maryland-Baltimore County in an America East men's basketball game on Saturday in Baltimore. Quion Burns added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Black Bears,

It’s time to get real and be honest with the public about the Franklin Arterial revamp planning and sea level rise. The City of Portland project rendering shows a 275-unit apartment building in the current Franklin Arterial median at the intersection with Lancaster Street.