• Western Mass. communities bracing for shelter stay limits

    The Commonwealth will soon be limiting how long unhoused, migrant families can stay in emergency shelters, but it does come with potential extensions.

  • 20+ detained in pro-Palestine protest at Case Western

    A group of local pro-Palestine demonstrators are “occupying” part of Case Western Reserve University, demanding that administrators “divest from the state of Israel.”

  • 150 Pilot Whales Stranded on Western Australian Beach

    Tragically, 150 pilot whales are beached along the coastline of Western Australia and authorities are doing what they can to save them.

  • Sobriety checkpoint coming to western Mass. next week

    State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Hampden County next week to help prevent under the influence driving.

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    Dozens of pilot whales beach on western Australian coast

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities in Australia say dozens of pilot whales have beached on the country’s western coast and wildlife authorities are trying to save them. The Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service said in a statement Thursday that between 50 and 100 whales are stranded at Toby’s Inlet near the tourist town of

  • Western Union’s Digital Transactions Surge 13%

    Western Union’s first quarter results took note of continued shifts to digital channels to send money across borders. Branded digital transactions grew by 13% year over year (YoY), the company detailed in its materials. CEO Devin McGranahan said during the conference call with analysts that consumer money transfer transactions 6% growth rate marked the third […]

  • Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine

    Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine Russia's response to the Republican-led House passing Biden's foreign aid package which includes $61 billion in new military assistance for Ukraine has been to promise stepped-up targeting of the Western weapons store houses. A new statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu additionally said "The Kiev regime has failed to achieve the goals of its counteroffensive prepared by NATO instructors" and that Russia has...

  • Parliament affirms support for Palestine, Cuba and Western Sahara

    The National Assembly unanimously adopted motions presented in the House supporting the people of Cuba and Palestine, and the self-determinationof the Saharawi people.

  • How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

    By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, it continues to fund a costly

  • Western Massachusetts Black Nurses Association celebrates 30 years

    A local nursing non-profit was celebrated in Springfield on Saturday for its 30th anniversary.

  • Viggo Mortsensen Western The Dead Don't Hurt gets new trailer

    Ahead of its theatrical release later this month, a new trailer has arrived online for writer-director Viggo Mortensen’s western drama The Dead Don’t Hurt. Taking place in the 1860s western U.S. frontier, the film follows the fiercely independent French Canadian woman Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) and Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Mortensen) as they fight […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here:...

  • State Your Case: Canucks or Oilers in Western 2nd Round of playoffs

    The Vancouver Canucks will face the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Second Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Canucks, the top seed in the Pacific Division, defeated the Nashville Predators in six games in the first round. The Oilers, who finished five points behind the Canucks in the Pacific Division, eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in five games in the first round. Game 1 of the best-of-7 series will be in Vancouver at a date to be determined. Edmonton lost all four...