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World
Second set of hostages freed as truce holds
As Israel and Hamas completed the second exchange of hostages and prisoners Saturday evening, Israeli leaders faced a dilemma over whether to restart their military campaign in the Gaza Strip once the four-day truce ends Tuesday morning. Continue reading →
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Obituaries
Betty Rollin, who wrote candidly about her breast cancer, dies at 87
Betty Rollin, a network news correspondent who described intensely personal life passages in two memoirs — “First, You Cry,” about being diagnosed with breast cancer and having a mastectomy, and “Last Wish,” in which she revealed that she had helped her pain-ravaged mother end her life — died Nov. 14 in Basel, Switzerland. She was 87. Continue reading →
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Arts
Skip the traditional tree this Christmas. Use a potted one instead.
The joy of a cut Christmas tree is fleeting. All the festive fun is front-loaded: picking out the perfect specimen, bedazzling its boughs with lights and meaningful ornaments, and gathering around it to sing carols and sip eggnog. Then come all the grinchy downsides: the inevitable browning and dropping of countless needles, the begrudging haul to the curb (leaving another trail of needles) and, finally, the guilt of knowing it likely will end up in a landfill - or being mulched by an eco-unfriendly woodchipper run by fossil fuel. Continue reading →
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