FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
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Americans are inoculated against trust in government and science
We just can’t accept the COVID-19 vaccines like we embraced the polio vaccines in the 1950s.
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The debate over who should police migration is an old one
Even before the United States regulated migration, states did. Here’s why.
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Why are there thousands of Haitian migrants at the Texas border?
Thousands of migrants from Haiti are camped out under a bridge in South Texas trying to enter the United States, leading to a fresh humanitarian and political crisis for President Joe Biden.
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Rangeley’s ‘Doc’ Grant was a parachuting pioneer
Grant had been well known for dashing adventures in the Farmington area, where he also ran a restaurant on the town’s Main Street.
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A 5 year old takes enormous steps while her dad makes sure they’re remembered
Alaina started kindergarten this month — not only a critical rite of passage for her, but also for my wife Lauren and me. Somehow, we kept that little wrinkly blob — which has grown into the spirited, cheerful and insightful cherub she is now — alive and mostly out of trouble all these years.
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How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
More than 40 fire scientists and forest ecologists in the US and Canada teamed up to investigate why wildfires are getting more extreme. Climate change is part of the problem, but there’s more.
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Lewiston and Auburn honor 2 great men with bridges across the Androscoggin River
The John T. Jenkins Memorial Footbridge and the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge are named after men who devoted their lives to improving the lives of others.
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Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim women’s clothing isn’t entirely about faith. It has been used – and is still used – as an assertion of identity.
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What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of Islam
There are five pillars – or basic tenets – of Islamic faith. Each of these pillars is an important part of being Muslim.