A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...

Dennis Baker was born in Claremore, Oklahoma. Baker earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa in 1977 and a law degree from the University of Tulsa in 1988. His career experience ...

Maya Wang is the associate China director at Human Rights Watch. Wang has researched and written extensively on a wide range of issues in China including the use of torture, arbitrary detention ...

BANGOR — Ronald R. Staires, 51, of Orono, died unexpectedly Feb. 11, at Eastern Maine Medical Center surrounded by family. He was born Dec. 13, 1959, in Bourne, Mass., to Jo-Ann and Ronald Staires.