by Houssein Mouhoumed PORTLAND, Maine — The State’s largest school district will receive a grant of $175000 to assist educational technicians become certified teachers and diversify the teaching staff. The grant to Portland Public Schools is from nonprofit group NewSchools Venture Fund.…
By Houssein Mouhoumed South Portland, Maine — Deqa Dhalac, 53, is a mother of three, mentor, active community member, and now a mayor. South Portland residents voted for their new leader this week, making her the nation’s first Muslim Somali-American…
By Houssein Mouhoumed Portland, Maine — This is the first of our series of interviews with young BIPOC Mainers who are making an impact in the community. Check our website for more interviews. “I raise my voice not so that…
By Setareh Jalali It's not often that a missing person sets the nation ablaze in the fight to search for them, as Gabby Petito’s case has these past couple of weeks. Since her disappearance in late August while on a two-month road…
By Setareh Jalali New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from his position Tuesday during a speech to the public amid allegations of sexual harassment from 11 women who worked with him. Today was Mr. Cuomo’s first address to the public since last Tuesday,…
By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United…
By Setareh Jalali One of the eleven women who have accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment on the job filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. She accuses the Governor of groping…
By Setareh Jalali David Lidstone, 81, lived in the woods of New Hampshire off I-93 in a small cabin for 27 years. The quintessential off-the-grid man, complete with a long white beard to rival Gandalf’s, Lidstone was completely self-sufficient. He…
By Setareh Jalali Two more police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have died by suicide, doubling the toll of officers who have taken their life after guarding the building that day. Officer Gunther Hashida was found dead in his home on July…
By Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times A wedding in Oklahoma leads to 15 vaccinated guests becoming infected with the coronavirus. Raucous Fourth of July celebrations disperse the virus from Provincetown, Mass., to dozens of places across the country, sometimes carried…