The report recommends schools focus on training teachers on how to respond to an active shooter rather than drilling kids.
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Posted inNation & World
London police deploy facial recognition technology, stirring privacy fears
This the first time the department has used the cameras since a series of trials ended last year.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls basketball: Winslow’s growth on display in punching ticket to Bangor
Black Raiders beat Caribou to move on to Class B North quarterfinals.
Posted inNation & World
Official: Sudan to hand over former president for genocide trial
Ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir faces three counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new coronavirus
In at least two studies, patients are being treated with a combination HIV drug and another experimental drug.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine delegation opposes Trump’s destroyer construction cuts
Maine’s members of Congress say the proposed reduction in the number of destroyers built over 5 years ‘would seemingly be at odds with the congressionally mandated goal of building a 355-ship Navy.’
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Onetime Maine gubernatorial candidate casts newsworthy ballot in New Hampshire
Les Otten was one of five residents of Dixville Notch who voted in the presidential primary Tuesday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago
The former ‘Empire’ star was originally charged with disorderly conduct last February, but charges were dropped the following month with little explanation.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Democrats tout health care bills aimed at cost control, billing transparency
Among the measures, one would cap the monthly cost of insulin, and another would prohibit surprise emergency room bills.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine flu cases shot up 24% in first week of February
Nearly 1,000 new cases were confirmed in the week ending Feb. 8, the most in a single week since this flu season began in October, with York County hit especially hard.