In terms of the worldviews that drive American life, the 2015 National Prayer Breakfast was a head”“on collision between NASCAR and NPR. President Barack Obama and NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip were the speakers, and both were sure the world would be a better place if many sinners climbed down off their high horses and ate […]

ROME — Some 300 migrants who tried to cross the frigid Mediterranean in open, rubber boats, were reported missing Wednesday by survivors as the U.N. refugee agency and other aid groups sharply criticized the new EU rescue operation as insufficient and costing lives. The suspected deaths add to the 29 reported earlier in the week […]

SACO — If there’s one piece of advice Lindiwe Krasin has to give, it’s to never stop moving ”“ not literally but figuratively. Although Krasin did spend a large chunk of her life physically moving ”“ from Africa to New England, back to Africa and to New England once more ”“ it’s her mind that […]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Police are trying to determine whether hate played any role in the killing of three Muslims, a crime they said was sparked by a neighbor’s long-simmering anger over parking and noise inside their condominium complex. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, describes himself as a “gun toting” atheist. Neighbors say he always seemed […]

BIDDEFORD — Although the state’s largest nonprofit organizations, such as hospitals and educational institutions, have been spotlighted as some of the brunt-bearers of Gov. LePage’s proposed budget, another group of Maine nonprofits stands to lose just as much: children’s camps. “Most people think that the budget proposal to impose a new property tax on nonprofit, […]

OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, OMAA, may be closed for the winter, but that hasn’t stopped Education Coordinator Amy Donovan from opening up the artistic minds of local area students. Donovan has spent the past month launching the 2015 “Picture This!” project, an art education program she is implementing at three area […]