Politics In recent days, fighting near Shifa and other hospitals in the combat zone of northern Gaza has intensified and supplies have run out. Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a treatment room of al Aqsa Hospital on Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP … [Read more…]
Health The findings could shift perceptions that the new class of obesity drugs are cosmetic treatments and put pressure on health insurers to cover them. This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023, shows packaging for the company’s Wegovy medication. According to a study published Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in the New England Journal … [Read more…]
World News Students on both sides are witnessing acts of hate, leaving many fearing for their safety even as they walk to classrooms.Students on both sides are witnessing acts of hate, leaving many fearing for their safety even as they walk to classrooms. Eden Roth, a Jewish student at Tulane University in New Orleans, discusses … [Read more…]
National News The Vatican earlier this year sent in investigators to look into his governance of the diocese, amid reports he was making doctrinally unorthodox claims. Bishop Joseph Strickland walks in front of a reliquary bearing the bones of Saint Maria Goretti, dubbed “The Little Saint of Great Mercy,” into the sanctuary at Cathedral of … [Read more…]
Local News “We were all hoping for a better outcome.” Pickles the pig was killed Thursday. Granby Animal Control The journey of Pickles, a pig that has been on the run in Western Massachusetts since August, came to a tragic end this week. Granby Animal Control announced Thursday evening that Pickles had been struck by … [Read more…]
Local News “Please open message inside!!” A fifth grader dropped a message in a bottle in the ocean off Cape Cod 26 years ago, and now, decades later, the letter has been returned to Massachusetts after being found on a beach in France. The letter, written in 1997 by Ben Lyons while a student at … [Read more…]
Local News The letter carrier for the United States Postal Service was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after the attack. Five teenagers are facing charges in connection with the assault and robbery of a mail carrier in Medford on Halloween. Police responded to a 911 call reporting the assault near Arden Road at … [Read more…]
Local News “If you’re considering bringing one home, we ask that you do your research!” If you’re looking to add a nocturnal marsupial to your family, MSPCA-Angell wants to hear from you. The nonprofit said that on Monday it received “a very adorable surprise” in the form of 33 sugar gliders that were surrendered to … [Read more…]
Politics Election offices in at least five states were sent threatening mail, some containing the potentially deadly drug, authorities say. Julie Wise, King County’s elections director, poses for a photo alongside a ballot drop box, Oct. 9, 2018, at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash. While her workers were counting ballots for primary … [Read more…]
Local News Parking benefit districts, which ensure money from meters goes directly toward local projects, have been implemented elsewhere in Massachusetts. Parking meters in downtown Boston. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe The Boston City Council is weighing the creation of parking benefit districts, which would invest the revenue from parking meters into the improvement of the area … [Read more…]