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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
Nichols’ fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is a glaring reminder that efforts to reform policing have failed to prevent more flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71
Colom governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Victor Navasky, historian and Nation editor, dies at 90
He presided for years over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential books on the anti-Communist blacklist and Robert F. Kennedy’s justice department.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 93
The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series is remembered as a ‘wise, thoughtful, and above all kind leader.’
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2023
College roundup: UMaine-Farmington’s Terion Moss, Jack Kane each earn NAC honors
The men’s basketball seniors received dual weekly recognition from the NAC for the third time this season; Bates’ Meghan Graff, Bates’ new scoring leader, honored by NESCAC; former Lewiston standout Abdirizak Abukar earns another GNAC award.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2023
Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa
A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Saint Nick is real.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Loss of tiny organisms hurts ocean, fisheries, scientists say
The growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine off New England is causing a dramatic decrease in the production of phytoplankton, the tiny plant-like organisms that serve as food for marine life.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118
Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904, and lived through the two world wars.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82
He won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Hussein Husseini, father of peace deal that ended Lebanon’s civil war, dies at 85
The politician was a harsh critic of Lebanon’s sectarian-based political system that divided top posts in the country of 5 million between Christian and Muslim communities.
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Waterville man sentenced to 42 years in prison for fatally shooting girlfriend
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Maine Basketball Hall of Fame announces its Class of 2023
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YouTubers takes aim at Waterville mayor over social media posts in recent video tour of City Hall
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Maine could become 12th state to enact paid family leave
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Navy warship to take Maine capital’s name to sea