The 2022 Newbery and Caldecott medals, among several other honors, were awarded Monday to the children's books that American librarians chose as the most distinguished this year.

It did not take long for me to conclude that Wordle is a metaphor for life, meaning that you can learn a lot about different ways to see the world from different ways to play Wordle.

The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded.

The mutiny came a day after a public demonstration calling for Kabore's resignation.

Biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries, including Romania and Poland, a U.S. official told NPR. Russia has stationed 100,000 troops near Ukraine.

In the last seven days, an average of 863 cases were added per day — a decline from the week prior, when over 1,000 per day were added.

Nan Heald took over Pine Tree, the state's oldest and largest legal aid provider, in 1990 at the age of 34. During her tenure, she expanded services to diverse client populations, established an endowment and more than tripled its budget through grants and fundraising.

Maine's Department of Environmental Protection has rejected the initial applications for a $12 million granite quarry and processing site in Prospect that has generated local opposition.

When some Congolese, Angolan and other African immigrants arrive in Maine, they bring with them a passion for judo. Now, dozens of African judo students of all experience levels have found a place to pursue that passion at a Congolese-run martial arts program.

In her nearly 30 years in that post, Goucher helped develop the emergency alert system that provides vital information to Mainers, and often defended the public's right to know before legislators and the courts.