Ten Maine semifinalists are in the running for the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards. Half of the semifinalists are from Portland, including two for best chef in the Northeast – Jake Stevens, Leeward, Portland, and Jordan Rubin, Mr. Tuna.

Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 3-Point Goals_Houston 14-31 (Ja.Green 4-6, VanVleet 3-6, Holiday 2-5, Brooks 2-6, Sengun 1-1, Sheppard 1-3, Whitmore 1-4), Portland 12-36 (Henderson 3 ...

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.

Trump's Monday order declaring a national energy emergency took direct aim at the authority provided by the Endangered Species Act. It orders federal departments to treat energy production as an emergency, which could help expedite approval of energy projects that might otherwise be held up.

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.

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NBA rookie class now has two months under its collective belt, which means it's time to reassess how each team's picks are faring. Grades

Ahead of their UK tour next month, Chicago punk legends Rise Against have dropped a new track, Nod, three years since their last album, 2021's Nowhere Generation. Produced by Boygenius and St Vincent producer Catherine Marks, it's a huge-sounding, uplifting stomper that acts as a call for unity, according to frontman Tim McIlrath.

Barstool's Dave Portnoy visited Maine and visited a number of pizza places. Here is how he rated each one. Micucci's is located at 45 India Street in Portland, Maine. You can check out their website here. Dave Portnoy gave Micucci's a 6.4 rating. Find out more here.