The Biden administration says it will more aggressively thin forests around ‘hot spots’ where nature and neighborhoods collide.
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Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past
A bill pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis dictating how schools and businesses teach students or train employees about discrimination received its first approval on Tuesday.
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Ford, ADT form venture to make vehicle security products
The joint venture aims to help businesses protect vehicles and expensive equipment they carry from theft.
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Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy
Dakota and Navajo actor Dallas Goldtooth joins other influencers – people who have earned the community’s trust – in a two-phase public outreach effort by nonprofit organizations including IllumiNative and the Urban Indian Health Institute.
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Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.
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Duo of Elsie Gawler and Ethan Tichler grace Oasis of Music
Elsie Gawler and Ethan Tichler will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Gawler met Tischler at Maine Fiddle Camp in 2016 and from there they grew a musical connection that eventually turned into a partnership and musical […]
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How’s he doing? Americans weigh in on Biden’s performance
Assessments run from ‘really impressed’ to ‘pretty bad.’
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Researchers zeroing in on COVID-related loss of smell and taste
A new study points to damaged cells in the part of the nose that traps odor molecules and submits a response to the brain.
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Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai
Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s believed to have come from outer space.
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China’s Xi rejects ‘Cold War mentality,’ pushes cooperation
In his opening speech at the virtual Davos forum, President Xi Jinping says his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries.