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The University of Maine Graduate Workers Union gathers outside the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center on the Orono campus, where contract negotiations with the University of Maine System continue inside.

Graduate student workers union calls on UMaine system to negotiate a fair contract

Graduate student workers are calling on the University of Maine system to negotiate a fair contract with the newly formed union.

Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble, the dating app that was launched in 2014 with the goal of putting more power in the hands of women.

Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble. Will it make the app better?

Bumble, known for allowing women to message men first, unveiled new features that allow men to make the first move. Will the change breathe new life into online dating, and the company's stock?

Documentary footage from filmmaker shows evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack

Committee members heard testimony from a witness with evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack. Documentarian Nick Quested was filming the extremist group the Proud Boys before and during the riots.

Morning news brief

Donald Trump dominates GOP primaries. Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance in California's U.S. Senate race. Change Healthcare is hit with a cyberattack and it's causing problems.

Palestinians grieve relatives who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an encampment for displaced people on Sunday, May 26, in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Gaza health officials say 35 people were killed in the strike.

An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people

The Israeli military said it killed two Hamas militant leaders in the strike but Palestinian health officials say dozens of civilians who had sought shelter in an encampment were killed and injured.

Step aside BMI, body composition tests are on the rise. Here's what to know

If you dread getting on a scale to calculate your body mass index, there’s a good reason to ignore the measure. Body composition tests are an increasingly popular way to gauge health. Here’s why they're better than BMI.

Timo Andres: Tiny Desk Concert

To mark Philip Glass' 87th birthday, the astute pianist Timo Andres stops by to play a contrasting pair of the composer's popular etudes.

Why a campaign has started to bring back some plants that have been forgotten

The world depends on just a few crops for most of its food. Because that dependence could be risky, a new international effort supports research and development of overlooked plants as food sources.

Villagers search through a landslide in Yambali, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, on Sunday, May 26, 2024. The International Organization for Migration feared Sunday the death toll from a massive landslide is much worse than what authorities initially estimated.

Papua New Guinea tells the U.N. that a landslide buried more than 2,000 people

The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of victims killed in the South Pacific island nation's interior. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., decided to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection after a bipartisan bill to set up an outside commission was filibustered by Senate Republicans.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Launches Select Committee To Probe Jan. 6 Insurrection

After Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create an outside independent commission to investigate the attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi said a special panel is needed to lead an investigation.

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