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Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation
Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayd and their 1-year-old child have been trapped in Gaza for weeks. Reporter John Hilliard is tracking them as they try to get home. The post Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation appeared first on Boston.com.
An Atlanta woman returned from vacation to find her family home wrongly demolished. She wants answers.
National News “There’s someone over here who just demolished the whole house and tore it all down,” a neighbor reportedly told Susan Hodgson by phone. In this photo provided by Susan Hodgson, her mistakenly demolished family home sits in a pile of lumber and debris in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 15, 2023. Susan Hodgson […]
Local family remains stuck in Gaza as U.S. evacuation deal falters
Local News An estimated 500 to 600 Palestinian Americans like the Okal family are in Gaza. With no way out, families have pleaded for help from U.S. officials. From left, Wafaa Abuzayda, Yousef Okal, and Abood Okal. Family Photo By Joanna Slater, Samantha Schmidt and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post October 15, 2023 | 8:24 AM […]
Search underway for 9-year-old girl who was possibly abducted while camping with her family in upstate N.Y.
National News “We are leaving no stone, no branch, no table, no cabin unturned, untouched, unexamined in our search to find Charlotte.” By Associated Press updated on October 2, 2023 | 11:23 AM MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) — Drones, bloodhounds and an airboat were used in the search for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been […]
A 2-year-old girl was missing in Michigan woods. She was found asleep using a family dog as a pillow.
National News “She laid down and used one of the dogs as a pillow, and the other dog laid right next to her and kept her safe.” By Associated Press updated on September 22, 2023 | 9:32 AM FAITHORN, Mich. (AP) — A 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula […]
Family of girl who says she was filmed in airplane bathroom is speaking out
Local News “These events have left our daughter — and entire family — shocked and profoundly disturbed,” the family said in a statement through their attorney. A North Carolina family says a flight attendant secretly filmed their daughter in the bathroom on a Boston-bound flight earlier this month. Handout, via Paul Llewellyn A North Carolina […]
Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews
World News The Ulmas were killed at home by German Nazi troops and by Nazi-controlled local police in 1944, together with the eight Jews they were hiding at their home, after they were apparently betrayed. This undated photo shows Polish farmer Jozef Ulma with his pregnant wife Wiktoria and their six children. The Ulmas were […]
Family of beating victim in Woburn football case sues school, city officials
The Boston Globe The Coucelos family is seeking $750,000, or a greater amount if warranted by the evidence at trial, according to their complaint. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Bob Hohler, The Boston Globe updated on September 8, 2023 The parents of a young football player who was pummeled by a mob of teammates in a […]
‘I miss my son’: Family of Worcester teen who died after participating in ‘One Chip Challenge’ wants spicy chip banned
Local News Harris Wolobah died Friday after eating a super-spicy tortilla chip that’s part of a social media promotion by Paqui Chips. The family of 14-year-old Worcester student Harris Wolobah believes he died from the viral “One Chip Challenge.” GoFundMe The family of Harris Wolobah, the Worcester teen who died Friday after participating in the […]