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Schools are competing with cellphones. Here’s how they think they could win.

by CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades.

Business, Health, Maine

Maine hospitals launch green initiatives to offset high energy use

by Joe Lawlor August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

The changes at Northern Light Health and MaineHealth include discontinuing certain anesthetic gases and pivoting to renewable heating sources.

Business, Nation & World, News

How tech companies are obscuring AI’s real carbon footprint

by Akshat Rathi and Natasha White Bloomberg August 25, 2024August 26, 2024

Despite pledges to become carbon-negative, tech companies are creating more and more planet-warming emissions.

Nation & World, News

Putin meets with commanders as Zelensky speaks of ‘fair peace’

by Kateryna Chursina Bloomberg August 25, 2024August 26, 2024

Ukraine’s leader also discussed Kyiv’s hoped-for integration into the European Union.

Election 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

by JILL COLVIN Associated Press August 25, 2024August 26, 2024

While Trump has repeatedly boasted about his role in overturning Roe, he has, in recent days, pushed back on Democrats’ warnings that he will go even further to restrict access if he wins a second term.

Maine, News

As they rebuild, Down East businesses take lessons from January’s storms

by Jacqueline Weaver The Maine Monitor August 25, 2024September 9, 2024

Many coastal businesses have had to decide whether to abandon their enterprises or rebuild, hoping to fortify their properties against future major storms.