5 Things

1. After scorching 230,000 acres as of Sunday evening, the Thomas fire became the fifth largest wildfire in modern California...

1. A group of nine religious leaders protesting Sen. Susan Collins’ support of the tax reform effort were arrested by...

1. Hundreds of firefighters are working around the clock to battle fast-moving wildfires in Southern California as fears grow that...

1. TIME has named the Silence Breakers as its 2017 Person of the Year. The Magazine's editor-in-chief revealed the selection...

1. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Trump's immigration travel ban against six majority-Muslim countries can take full effect...

1. Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday filed a formal request for federal disaster relief funding to help offset the cost...

1. Even for Donald Trump's Twitter feed, this was pretty shocking. The President retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British...

1. North Korea says it successfully tested a new, nuclear-capable intercontinental-ballistic missile that could target the entire U.S. mainland. "I...

1. President Donald Trump is facing criticism after referring to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) as “Pocahontas” during an event...

1. Record traffic is expected on New England roads over the Thanksgiving Holiday. More than 2.2 million New Englanders will...