O’Rourke’s career extended from serving as editor in chief of National Lampoon to a brief stint on ‘60 Minutes’ to frequent appearances on NPR’s ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’
2022
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Six months of Taliban: Afghans safer, poorer, less hopeful
Women are back in their jobs in the health and education ministries, but they remain one of the hardest hit demographics. Girls in grades one through six are allowed to go to school but those in the upper levels are still locked out.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls basketball: Mount View pulls upset over Waterville in B North prelim
No. 12 Mustangs top No. 5 Purple Panthers to make first trip to Bangor since 2008-2009 season.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Tuesday’s high school girls’ basketball roundup: No. 1 Gorham rolls to win over Noble
The Rams advance to the regional semifinals with a 57-28 victory.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Local roundup: Cahill scores her 1,000th career point as Carrabec girls basketball tops Telstar
Cheyenne Cahill finishes with 17 points to lead all scorers in the victory.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls basketball: Madison surges past Richmond in C South prelims
Bulldogs ride third-period run to spot in regional quarterfinals.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Lawmakers to take up prisoner rights bills, overdose legal protections
During work sessions this week, lawmakers on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will discuss an array of bills, including one to ban solitary confinement and another to expand Good Samaritan Law protections.
Posted inOlympics, Sports
Doping scandal could ‘leave a permanent scar’ on figure skating
Kamila Valieva, 15, tested positive for a banned substance but a loophole is allowing her to compete and calls the integrity of the sport into question.
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Franklin County commissioners accept settlement with county clerk
Clerk Julie Magoon took a family leave in late May.
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‘I felt guilty’: Neighbors recall Ahmaud Arbery’s killing in trial testimony
Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan are charged with violating Arbery’s civil right and with targeting him because he was Black.