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Tens of Thousands Left Without Power Amid Snowstorm in the Balkans

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) – Tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia were left without power Tuesday due to heavy snow and strong winds that also disrupted traffic in neighboring Croatia and Serbia. In Slovenia, the search for an injured Hungarian hiker missing in the Alps north of the capital Ljubljana has been suspended […]

American Airlines flights grounded nationwide on Christmas Eve due to ‘technical issue’ with thousands of holiday travelers impacted

American Airlines mysteriously issued a temporary ground stop on all of its U.S. flights early Tuesday morning, causing temporary fear for thousands of people who were flying over the Christmas Eve holiday. The airline warned travelers just after 6:30 a.m. that it was “experiencing technical issues on all U.S. flights,” without providing further details. American […]

MassHealth lost hundreds of thousands of participants this year. About six months later, some remain uninsured. – The Boston Globe

In May, the state completed a major 14-month effort to verify millions of residents' eligibility for MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, for the first time since the pandemic began. During the public health emergency, federal law prohibited annual eligibility screening of Medicaid members to maximize coverage during the crisis. However, beginning in April 2023, states […]

Holiday Travel Disrupted For Thousands Across Country As Winter Weather Storms Through

A winter storm across the United States is disrupting travel for vacationers ahead of the unusual combination of Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah in 2024, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A clipper system in Alberta could bring snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes region and Northeast, disrupting holiday travel, […]

Thousands gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice | Stonehenge

Dawn dawned at Stonehenge on Saturday as thousands of people celebrated the winter solstice with cheers and applause. Those observing the scene at a Neolithic monument in Wiltshire were met with a windy morning that marked the shortest day of the year. As the sun rose at 8:09 a.m., drums, chants, and songs echoed in […]

Turkey Claims Thousands of Syrian Refugees Have Returned Home

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Erikaya claimed on Sunday that 7,621 Syrian refugees “voluntarily returned” from Turkey between December 9 and 13. At least three million Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Yelikaya claimed Last week, the number of Syrians returning from Turkey jumped from 150 percent to […]