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BURLINGTON, Vt. — A mural that was painted in a Vermont synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian immigrant — and hidden behind a wall for years — has been termed a rare piece of art and has been painstakingly moved and restored. The large colorful triptych painted by sign painter Ben Zion [...]
The Ohio State University College of Medicine has announced plans to start a new medical degree program designed to increase the number of physicians in mid-size and rural communities. The College of Medicine will start enrolling medical students in the community medicine MD track in 2024. Students will complete the first two years of training [...]
ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) — James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck. Kiona has fished for Chinook salmon [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening. The June Associated Press-NORC Center for Public [...]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as the Western region of the nation has become hotter and drier. More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than flows through [...]
BOSTON — For Boston subway riders, it seems every week brings a new tale of transit woe. Runaway trains. Subway cars belching smoke and fire. Fatal accidents. Malfunctioning station escalators. Rush hour trains running on weekend schedules. Brand-new subway cars pulled from service. Derailed construction vehicles. The repeated chaos of the nation's oldest subway system [...]
Jada Riley thought she had beaten homelessness. The 26-year-old New Orleans resident was finally making a steady income cleaning houses during the pandemic to afford a $700-a-month, one-bedroom apartment, but she lost nearly all her clients after Hurricane Ida hit last year. Then she was fired from a grocery store job in February after taking [...]
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen one of Erica Carlson’s performances for kids that she one day would write about the exploits of her two favorite four-legged friends — a hedgehog named Sedgie and the family dog Clover. The opportunity presented itself in the fall of 2020 at the height [...]
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges, but on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess. It was [...]
LOS ANGELES — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering whether to try to extend the lifespan of the state's last operating nuclear power plant. California is the birthplace of the modern environmental movement that for decades has [...]