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Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine questioned fired U.S. Centers for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez during a Senate health committee hearing Wednesday aimed at restoring trust through "radical transparency."
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City councilors Tuesday night cited reports from residents who said their mobile home lot rents had more than doubled over the last five years — and that quickly escalating rates presented a crisis for some.
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The Public Utilities Commission says the solar and hydropower projects will supply more than 250 megawatts of power for the state.
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The electric utility wants to increase its annual spending by almost half a billion dollars a year to fund an overhaul of its systems to handle more intense storms.
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The resolution calls for more transparency, after ICE arrested a parent near an elementary school last week.
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Maine CDC director Dr. Puthiery Va says decades of evidence shows that the current strategy of giving the vaccine to newborns is safe and effective.
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The Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive data from voting officials, suing two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department's requests.
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Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
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The legendary actor died Tuesday at 89. "I wasn't learning the way I was supposed to learn ..." he explained in 2013. "I realized that my education was going to happen when I got out in the world."
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Trump on Monday said he planned to send National Guard troops to Memphis. The news gives fresh relevance to NPR's recent interview with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who declined to ask for the military.
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Wednesday—A posthumous collection of historian and writer David McCullough's essays delve into the importance of lessons that history teaches us
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