Ed Burman, who became Wayland's permanent police chief in December 2023, has retired from the department. Burman was unexpectedly named acting chief just two weeks after joining the department in ...

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Canadian comedian, actor and writer Mae Martin's career has been on an upward trajectory, with their latest series, Wayward, becoming one of Netflix's biggest new shows this year. The eerie small-town ...

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A Louisiana pastor said he was fired from his job at a local library after he refused to use a co-worker's preferred pronouns. Luke Ash, the lead pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, ...

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