As temperatures approach freezing across much of the nation, families are huddling indoors at a time when COVID-19 is accelerating at a disturbing pace.
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Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund says children in West and Central Africa have become the most recruited by armed groups in the world and have the highest number of victims of sexual violence.
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President, VP and spouses help food kitchen for holiday
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a local food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before they leave town for Thanksgiving on ‘Nana-tucket’
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‘Glue me back together’: Online pleas to aid parade victims
Friends and families of the roughly 60 people hit by an SUV that sped through a Christmas parade in a suburban Milwaukee downtown say some suffered life-threatening injuries.
Posted inNation & World, News
Child is 6th to die in Wisconsin parade crash; suspect charged
Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, is charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide, and the district attorney says charges related to the sixth death and the more than 60 people injured will come later this week or next.
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Missouri man exonerated in three killings, free after four decades
A Kansas City man who was jailed for more than 40 years for three murders has been released from prison after a judge ruled he was wrongfully convicted in 1979.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Peru man gets 2 life sentences in Paris murders
A jury convicted Mark Penley in October in the murders of his ex-girlfriend, Heather Bickford, and her boyfriend, Dana Hill in 2019.
Posted inOpinion
Tell Us: Are you traveling for Thanksgiving?
Tell us how you plan to spend your holiday this year.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan center to help elderly residents
SKOWHEGAN — Marti Stevens Learning Center is offering to help with snow removal and projects for elderly Skowhegan residents. For more information, contact Jim Goodwin at 207-474-7175.
Posted inSports
NHL notebook: Lightning center Point expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with injury
Brayden Point was injured in Saturday’s game against New Jersey.