World News The annual Hindu festival of light came as worries about air quality in India rose. Fireworks light the sky as lamps are light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Ayodhya city in the northern Indian state … [Read more…]
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…]