More than 150 boarding schools for Indigenous children in the United States were operated by religious groups between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
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Hemingway Look-Alike Contest returns to the Florida Keys
The three-night contest, a cornerstone of the island’s Hemingway Days festival, was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian leader
Demonstrations after a memorial service violent on Thursday afternoon with protesters shooting into the air, throwing rocks and overturning heavy concrete barricades.
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In America’s least air-conditioned cities, brutal heat changes some people’s minds
Is life without AC – a point of pride in Seattle, Portland and the Northwest – coming to an end?
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Western wildfires grow, but better weather helps crews
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles — over half the size of Rhode Island.
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AP-NORC poll: Parties split on some infrastructure proposals
The Biden administration trusts that many voters will cast their ballots in next year’s election on infrastructure and other spending initiatives aimed at helping the economy.
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Pats’ Gilmore, 7 others will start training camp on PUP list
Cornerback Stephon Gilmore’s status for the regular season remains uncertain as he looks to get additional compensation entering the final season of the five-year, $65 million deal he signed in 2017
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China rebuffs WHO’s terms for further COVID-19 origins study
A senior Chinese health official says China cannot accept the World Health Organization’s plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19.
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Basketball recruit Dominick Campbell taking his game to Notre Dame
The former Waynflete standout plans to sign a national letter of intent to play for the Fighting Irish.
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What is a COVID-19 vaccine ‘breakthrough’ case?
A small number of COVID-19 “breakthrough” cases are expected after vaccination, and health officials say they’re not a cause for alarm.