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Trial starts for priests accused of abusing deaf Argentine students

by ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

About 20 former students say they were sexually abused between 2004 and 2016.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Uncategorized

On the hunt in China for fun and prizes

by Jessica Lowell August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

The scavenger hunt at China Community Days caps off three days of fun at China’s annual summer event.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, dies at 93

by SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press August 4, 2019

Known as Brother No. 2, the right-hand man of Pol Pot was convicted of genocide but never admitted guilt.

Nation & World, New England, Uncategorized

Funeral arrangements set for RFK’s granddaughter

by Associated Press August 4, 2019

Saoirse Kennedy Hill was the 22-year-old daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s fifth child, Courtney, and Paul Michael Hill.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Texas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting

by CEDAR ATTANASIO, MICHAEL BALSAMO and DIANA HEIDGERD Associated Press August 3, 2019August 3, 2019

The governor of Texas says 20 people were killed in a shooting in a busy shopping area in the border town of El Paso, and the police chief said among the possibilities being investigated is whether it was a hate crime

News, Uncategorized

Wolfe’s Neck announces new initiative to improve soil health, combat climate change

by Karen Kreworuka August 3, 2019

FREEPORT — As part of a $10 million collaboration, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment is attempting a “farming revolution” to combat carbon emissions and the effects of climate change, according to the Freeport nonprofit’s executive director, David Herring. It will provide “any farmer anywhere with free access to site-specific data, providing quantitative […]