Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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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January 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.