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UNE welcomes newest class of medical students with drive-thru white coat ceremony The University of New England's newest medical students received their white coats Friday in a drive-thru ceremony. Credit: NCM Published: 1:32 PM EST December 11, 2020 Updated: 4:42 PM EST December 11, 2020 BIDDEFORD, Maine — This year’s white coat ceremony at the University of New England (UNE) had a different look. Like many events amid the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony, which welcomes the newest class of UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students, adapted an...

at the factory conditions now under scrutiny after last month's building collapse that killed more than a thousand people. >> woodruff: the senate moved one step closer to a comprehensive immigration bill. we kick off a series of conversations about issues at the heart of the legislative debate. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown has the story of the houston grand opera's efforts to reach out to new audiences and engage with the community >> people want to see their story being played in the opera. the want to say, "oh, i can relate to that. that's what i went through." >> woodruff: that's ...

>> ifill: the numbers piled up today in moore, oklahoma, two days after the town was ravaged by a tornado. as authorities totaled the financial costs, residents coped with devastating loss, tallying the damages close to home. the first official estimates came this morning: 12,000 to 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed across a disaster zone that stretches for more than 17 miles. and an insurance bill that could top $2 billion. the secretary of homeland security-- janet napolitano-- flew in from washington to pledge full support from fema, the agency that oversees disaster aid. >> we wi...

bangladesh with an inside look at the factory conditions now under scrutiny after last month's building collapse that killed more than a thousand people. >> woodruff: the senate moved one step closer to a comprehensive immigration bill. we kick off a series of conversations about issues at the heart of the legislative debate. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown has the story of the houston grand opera's efforts to reach out to new audiences and engage with the community >> people want to see their story being played in the opera. the want to say, "oh, i can relate to that. that's what i went...