HUDSON – A German rail car from 1913 that was used to transport Holocaust victims sits on display at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, showing a dark chapter of human history. “Well, it’s important people that understand what the Holocaust is all about. I mean it was the ultimate discrimination when six million Jews were put to death. And …

Several key donor countries to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees joined the U.S.and said on Saturday they would halt their funding following accusations by Israel that several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. The U.S. State Department said on Friday they suspended payments to the organization. The U.S. underlined that “UNRWA plays a critical role in …

Virgin Galactic’s winged rocketplane carried a two-man crew and four passengers to the edge of space and back Friday, chalking up the company’s 11th sub-orbital spaceflight and its sixth commercial mission. With veteran pilots C.J. Sturckow and Nicola Pecile at the controls, the Unity spacecraft was carried aloft from New Mexico’s Spaceport America by Virgin Galactic’s twin-fuselage ferry ship Eve, …

What would happen if East Coast shipping ports were underwater and out of operation? Supply chains across the nation rely on these ports transporting trillions of dollars’ worth of goods each year. With experts predicting an average sea level rise of2 feet by 2100, flooding is a reality that most seaports and beach communities will have to contend with. Now, …

A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research published Thursday. The study highlights the potentially profound impacts of invasive species, which are spreading at an increasing rate as human activities give animals, insects and plants opportunities to …

Britain’s King Charles III was admitted Friday to a private London hospital for scheduled treatment for an enlarged prostate, which Buckingham Palace announced last weekhe would be undergoing. The palace has said his condition is benign, and on Friday it said the monarch was “delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness.” “His …

On the back of a small truck parked along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, two families were crammed into an open-top shipping container. Originally from Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza, Mariam Abu Eida and her family fled to the south at the explicit urgence of the Israel Defense Forces to escape the fighting amid the IDF’s offensive against …

The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday. News of the withdrawal came shortly after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that, while he “greatly” appreciated the notion, he felt, “for the …

Designed to fly just five times over 30 days, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter lasted nearly three years, soaring across the surface of Mars and logging 72 flights before a hard or tilted landing that damaged one or more rotors forced flight controllers to finally bring the marathon mission to a close. Just as the Wright brothers “unlocked the skies on Earth…we …

One of two engines powering a Japanese moon lander during itsdescent to the lunar surfaceJan. 19 suffered a malfunction of some sort just 160 feet above the lunar surface that sharply reduced its power, the Japanese space agency said Thursday. The spacecraft touched down at a safe, lower-than-expected velocity, but it was moving too fast sideways because of the unbalanced …

In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail from England on a mission to chart a passage around the top of North America. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, the voyage ended in tragedy three years later when both ships were lost in the frigid waters off Canada’s coast. None of the 129 men on board the ships …

BOSTON – Lucy Perez is on a mission. The senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, will receive a Pinnacle Award in Boston Friday. Each year, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce honors select women who impact their communities through leadership, entrepreneurship, management and more. Perez has spent the last year working on an extensive report that …

With inflation cooling, all eyes are on the Fed’s expected rate cuts in 2024. In December 2023, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumersincreased by 3.4% annually, but that’s down considerably from when the inflation rate measured 9.1% in June 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, the Fed has gone from ratcheting up interest rates from …

When it comes to planning for your retirement finances, the focus tends to be on saving and investing — and for good reason. Without enough money put away, it can be tough to cover all of the expenses that arise after you’re done working. And, the type of investing and saving you do can vary depending on your financial goals …

There’s no question that it’s important to save money. After all, there’s no way to predict when the next significant emergency expense might arise. And, when it does pop up, your savings will become your financial safety net. Moreover, even foreseeable expenses aren’t always affordable. For example, you may need to save for years to make a down payment on …