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Almost half of the households in Holyoke, Mass., depend on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Within days, those benefits are expected to run out as the federal government shutdown continues. City officials have announced several initiatives to help its many low income residents keep food on their table — without the federal assistance.

This week on the pop music charts, a film soundtrack has done something that no other soundtrack had done in nearly 30 years.

How to do a Wisconsin cheese festival Right? Have a cheesemonger — essentially a cheese expert — lead the way in introducing, pairing and eating cheese in America's dairyland.

More than 35 former national park superintendents, including one from Acadia, are calling on the National Park Service to fully close national parks in the event of a government shutdown this week.

Vice President Vance's scathing remark came as he wrapped up an Israel trip, as the Trump administration attempts to keep up momentum on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Connecticut U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is among various Democrats calling for the firing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that he has “set us back decades” by firing scientific experts working on infectious disease prevention.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.

A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Trump's policies.

While most fans will be watching college teams hit the gridiron or Major League Baseball playoffs, there's another sporting event happening: the U.S. championship of the Australian Football League.