12 Feb, 2025

Cambridge doesn’t allow chickens. This couple is fighting to keep theirs.

The Boston Globe The city could allow fowl as soon as this fall if a long-awaited zoning amendment passes. Susan Filene held a chicken named Loretta as she stood beside her husband, Robert Filene, as they posed for a portrait in front of the chicken coop in their backyard. JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF By Maliya Ellis, […]

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Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting

World News Airstrikes hit the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Health Ministry said. Palestinians comfort a crying man after losing relatives under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled) AP […]

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Blinken presses for pause in Gaza fighting on visit to Israel amid fears war could widen

World News Around 800 people left Gaza over the past two days — the first time people departed the besieged territory other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces. Palestinians look at the apartment of Khaled Kharousha that was destroyed by the Israeli military in Nablus, West Bank, Friday, Nov. 3, […]

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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression

Politics “This prize is first and foremost a recognition of the very important work of a whole movement in Iran with its undisputed leader, Narges Mohammadi.” Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, center, sits next to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, left, while attending a meeting on women’s rights in Tehran, Iran, […]

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