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As a child with Bulgarian heritage on her fathers' side, Stancioff recalls the powerful presence of Balkan folk music in her early life, sung acapella by women using multiple dissonant harmonies. And now, at the age of 30, she says that music still has an influence on her own songwriting.
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The law expands the definition of flood risk and takes effect this summer. New Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps released this year will also require additional coastal properties to get flood insurance. -
At issue is new and enhanced testing of DNA on several items recovered from the crime scene in Bowdoin, Maine more than three decades ago. -
Conservation groups said the proposed plan won't adequately protect salmon and are calling for FERC to look at other measures as part of the relicensing process. -
The measure, which passed the House on Wednesday evening, makes an exception to the state's sand dune protections and will allow the Department of Environmental Protection to consider permit applications for a proposed wind port on Sears Island. -
The operations are the latest in a string of illegal marijuana busts across rural Maine.
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The tech giant fired 28 employees who took part in a protest over the company's Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government. One fired worker tells her story. -
The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need. -
With Democratic support, the legislation overcomes a major procedural hurdle and is expected to head to a weekend vote by the full House. -
With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get. -
Iranian news has not reported any such strike and concluded the sounds reported were the interception of one or more drones. Israel's military has not responded to NPR's requests for comment.
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