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Last surviving Bee Gee bro is now Sir Barry Gibb

by Associated Press June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

After being knighted by Prince Charles, the 71-year-old singer-songwriter says: ‘If it was not for my brothers, I would not be here.’

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U.S. restaurants host refugee chefs who offer a taste of home

by LORIN ELENI GILL Associated Press June 25, 2018

The Refugee Food Festival involves restaurant owners turning over their kitchens to refugee chefs for an evening.

Life & Culture, Nation & World

Migration works attributed to provocative street artist Banksy popping up in Paris

June 25, 2018June 28, 2018

One near a former center for migrants at the city’s northern edge depicts a child spray-painting wallpaper over a swastika, and others try to deface it.

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For diners in Maine, gourmet burger trend sizzling hot

by SURYA MILNER Staff Writer June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

Specialty restaurants proliferate in Maine as appetites grow for new spins on an American classic.

Arts & Entertainment

Name of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ author removed from children’s award over ‘stereotypes’

by Associated Press June 24, 2018June 25, 2018

A library association board says Laura Ingalls Wilder’s portrayals of blacks and native Americans in her books are ‘not universally embraced.’

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Roseanne Barr: ‘I made myself a hate magnet’ with racist tweet

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018

The actress says she’s remorseful and accepts the consequences, but laments that the offense was unintentional and people won’t accept her explanation.

Life & Culture

Award-winning poet Donald Hall dies in New Hampshire at 89

by HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press June 24, 2018June 24, 2018

He published more than 50 books, but his greatest acclaim came for his poetry.

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Winslow church group a model of continuity for 200 years

by Emily Higginbotham June 24, 2018June 24, 2018

Members of Ye Female Society for the Support of the Gospel, who annually meet on the third Tuesday of June, have paid the same dues each year for two centuries and have never changed their constitution.