There’s plenty of excitement in Orono and across the state with both the women’s basketball and men’s hockey teams making postseason runs this spring.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery
The advance gives hope to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who depend on dialysis machines to do the work of their failing kidneys.
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Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. New study links climate shocks to inflation
By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow, with global food prices predicted to increase 2.2 to 4.3 percentage points annually, the study said.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Elton John and Bernie Taupin honored with prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
The evening’s entertainment featured renowned performers Garth Brooks, Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox.
Posted inSports
Anna DeWolfe ready for long-awaited debut in NCAA women’s tournament
The Notre Dame guard and Greely High alum will take part in March Madness for the first time at the end of an impressive career.
Posted inNation & World, News
Blinken says Israeli assault on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas
Blinken heads to Israel on Friday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet.
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Ghost Army members who staged secret WWII battle deceptions awarded Congressional Gold Medal
House Speaker Mike Johnson said during the ceremony that it’s estimated that between 15,000 to 30,000 lives were saved because of the Ghost Army’s work.
Posted inMaine
Mills signs law to create 2 more public defenders offices
The new law will create offices to serve three rural counties that lack enough volunteer lawyers to represent people who can’t afford counsel.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford Schools to get less state funding, even as it serves a growing number of students with complex needs
School Superintendent Jeremy Ray’s budget for the coming year includes a $2.68 million funding increase from the current fiscal year, $1.73 million of which would be shouldered by local taxpayers.
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Giving Voice: Looking back and forward
It was this time four years ago that our world turned upside down. Returning home from a trip in early March 2020, I noticed a few people wearing masks on the airplane. Despite my public health training, I remember thinking that perhaps they were overreacting. Boy, was I wrong. While we had been reading about […]