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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA

JERUSALEM — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover...

By AAMER MADHANI, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE

JERUSALEM — Iran said it fired dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday, a sharp escalation of the monthslong conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas. There were no immediate reports of casualties as Israel ordered...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Recovering from a substance abuse disorder is a journey that takes people on many different paths. To recognize that journey and the various resources that are available to help people during National Recovery Month, The RECOVER Project...

GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Family Day on Monday, the Communities That Care Coalition’s PEER Ambassadors packed up meals for families at the Family Resource Center.National Family Day celebrates simple, everyday things parents can do to...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Four Rivers Charter Public School invited Madison Curbelo, a Westfield native and semi-finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” to perform for the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Redevelopment Authority is searching for local artists to display their work on the exterior windows of the long-vacant First National Bank building on Bank Row. With applications due Oct. 14, the Greenfield Redevelopment...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — National Grid wants to replace poles and upgrade power lines in Heath and Charlemont, but many local residents don’t seem interested. During an almost two-hour public information session at the Heath Select Board meeting on Tuesday, residents...

By MARIA JOSÉ BOTELHO

 We are rejoicing at our house much like the rest of New England because our three hydrangea bushes are in full bloom this summer. These bushes have produced gorgeous foliage over the years but no blossoms. The flowers make me feel at home.Hydrangeas...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Recently, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her son Huck traveled with CARE to see poverty-fighting projects in Honduras. As Williams-Paisley posted on Instagram, “We got to see what happens when we invest in women and climate resilience, and...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Selectboard, Capital Planning Committee and Finance Committee unanimously accepted a bid proposal from Tighe & Bond on Monday for the partial demolition of the former International Paper Mill, thus moving the town forward with a plan that...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

LAKE PLEASANT — Declining membership and financial strain are taking a toll on The National Spiritual Alliance (TNSA), which is celebrating the 150th anniversary of spiritualism’s arrival and the founding of Lake Pleasant in 1874.As a result, TNSA...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Some food holidays are annoying. National Cheese Doodle Day (March 5) seems superfluous. If you’re the sort of person who eats those unnaturally orange snacks, you don’t need a holiday to remind you to consume them. Ditto National Glazed Doughnut Day...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — For the first time since the quasi-public Greenfield Redevelopment Authority acquired the First National Bank building on Bank Row in 2017, two potential buyers have shown interest in redeveloping the property. Community and Economic...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Selectboard this week got a glimpse at four potential design plans for partial demolition and restoration of the International Paper Mill property.The $1.49 million property at 8 Papermill Road, which was seized by the town for back...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Not many 9-year-old kids are faced with the type of decision Noah Gamache had to make. Gamache — now a senior at Pioneer Valley Regional — was born with clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is twisted out of shape or position. As he grew up, two...

By GARRETT COTE

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wartburg’s Sarah Faber stepped back and let fly a 3-pointer in the waning moments of regulation against Smith College in the NCAA Division 3 Final Four on Thursday night. If she missed, the Pioneers would go to their first-ever...

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

One hundred and fifty years ago in Lake Pleasant, horse-drawn wagons shuffled along dirt roads lined in tents, cottages and boathouses. Steamboats raced along the lake while swimmers played water games, hot air balloons flying over their heads....

By ISHAAN THAROOR

It’s hard to ignore the sense of desperation in Ukraine’s corridors of power. Nearing two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, authorities in Kyiv maintain their long-standing entreaty to partners in the West: Deliver us more arms,...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

Both the college and pro basketball seasons are heating up now with games every day. I was watching my alma mater Mount St. Joseph University play Bluffton University of Ohio and wondering if basketball could draw attention to global hunger. There are...

By CORINNE PURTILL

Earth has millions of fungi species, but the official emoji library has only one: Amanita muscaria, the red-capped, white-spotted mushroom found in fairy tale picture books and Super Mario Brothers.A staggering 180,000 species of butterflies and moths...

By RODDY SCHEER and DOUG MOSS

Dear EarthTalk: What sort of environmental toll are the major military conflicts going on around the world now taking?— J.D., Salem, NHNo one questions the fact that war is horrible, and it is no less so for the environment. And recent major conflicts...