It seems inconceivable that a call to 911 may go unanswered, but such a nightmare scenario is closer on a daily basis than the public may realize.
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Commentary: List of foods banned during pregnancy shows lack of risk-assessment skills
The risk of harming your fetus by eating a wedge of brie: so small it’s not available on the internet.
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Commentary: U.S. is playing politics with migrant lives
The administration should clearly refine and defend its plans to restore access to asylum and vigorously oppose any legislative efforts to maintain the expulsions.
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Maine Voices: For-profit utilities still hold the keys to our climate transition
Despite modest steps, CMP and Versant will still make progress difficult and costly.
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Commentary: Manchin’s energy plan is just what Biden needs
The president can show his commitment to low gas prices by supporting the senator’s efforts to reach a compromise.
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Maine Voices: Kids deserve a government that takes action to protect their health
The testing of Maine’s schools for lead in the water started last fall, wraps up May 31 and identifies a threat for proper remediation.
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Commentary: How to support caregiving children of wounded veterans
Feeling recognized would assure us that we do not face these challenges alone, an Afghanistan War veteran’s son says.
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Leonard Pitts: Trumpsters throw another right hook – and freedom takes a hit
News that Sean Hannity texted ‘Yes, sir’ to Donald Trump’s then-chief of staff points to a corrosion of the people’s ability to grasp the truth.
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Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions
The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.
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Cumberland DA candidate Jackie Sartoris: It’s time for us to lead in criminal justice reform
My work as a prosecutor with a problem-solving treatment approach is rooted in both compassion and accountability.