Beauty blogger Nura Afia is featured wearing the traditional Muslim head covering.
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Internet freezes for ‘mannequin challenge’ craze
Everyone from high school students to NBA and NFL teams are getting into the act.
USM wins grant to aid innovation
The university’s Maine Center for Business and Economic Research has been picked to receive $116,667 to support development within multiple industries.
Jury selection halted in Dylann Roof’s church shooting trial
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel postpooned jury selection until Wednesday,
UVA administrator who sued Rolling Stone over rape story awarded $3 million
Jurors awarded damages to Nicole Eramo after finding that the magazine defamed her with actual malice in the now-discredited article.
Record early voting levels may give Clinton an edge
The AP estimates that early votes could top 50 million, amounting to nearly 40 percent of all ballots.
Maine gas prices up, but by just 1 cent
The national average, now at $2.21 per gallon, continues to drop.
UN chief urges Cyprus leaders to seize peace deal chance
A Turkish invasion in 1974 split the tiny, east Mediterranean island of roughly a million people into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized south.
Serious earthquake rattles Oklahoma oil hub
The state has had thousands of earthquakes in recent years, with nearly all traced to the booming fracking industry.
Elbowing each other all the way, Trump and Clinton near the finish
Clinton urges voters to embrace a ‘hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America,’ while Trump calls for support to ‘beat the corrupt system.’