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The project will provide housing and 24-7 support services to residents, who have experienced chronic homelessness, or have struggled to stay in stable housing before.
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Just-In-Time Recreation reopened on Friday for the first time since the mass shootings on Oct. 25, 2023 that killed 18 people. Eight people were killed at the bowling alley.
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Federal prosecutors said they are investigating possible connections to organized crime, but said there's no evidence that illegal immigration or human trafficking are connected to the operations.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding up to $28 million a year to Maine public water systems for five years to identify and replace lead service lines. The federal government says 40% of the funding must go to disadvantaged communities
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Mental health providers in Lewiston will receive as much as $12 million in state funding this year. They say it will help stabilize and expand a system that's struggled to meet the demand for services since the pandemic, and has seen the need grow since the mass shootings last fall.
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Maine has become the second state, after Virginia, to adopt a Mass Violence Care Fund. It's a $5 million endowment designed to provide ongoing assistance to mass casualty victims, survivors and their families.
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Some doctors are promoting propellant-free inhalers over puff inhalers that emit greenhouse gases. Climate change can exacerbate respiratory ills because of more fires, air pollution and allergens.
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Morning Edition spoke to migrants hoping to enter the U.S. and the border agents tasked with keeping them out.
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As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to win a third term, NPR visited some of his voter base in the north.
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Veterans who helped test nuclear weapons are fighting to renew a 34-year-old law meant to help compensate for the long-term health effects of their work.
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The English actor played Captain Edward John Smith in the 1997 film Titanic as well as King Théoden of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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