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An intense nor’easter with hurricane force winds destroyed cars, tore down trees and took down power lines across Massachusetts Wednesday morning. Hundreds of thousands of people woke up without power in Massachusetts Wednesday as outages increased dramatically. The number of people who lost power tripled in a matter of less than two hours – jumping from 135,229 at 4 a.m….

Two attackers believed to be members of a militant network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have blown themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people

The Bridgeport Diocese has released guidance to its parishes on how to offer Mass outdoors with social distancing guidelines beginning on May 21. The diocese is offering two options. The first allows worshippers to attend Mass outside seated on chairs spaced appropriately for social distancing. Groups will be limited to no more than 50 congregants, and if the chairs are…

While most churches in Connecticut remain closed to the public, some are offering virtual and drive-in masses to commemorate the Easter holiday. Here are some churches in the state offering these special services. Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport: The church will hold a drive-in mass at 9 a.m. at 500 Broad Street. Masks donated by Bob and Amy Stefanowski and…

Local churches are finding new ways to observe Easter in the middle of a stay at home order

To help curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Archdiocese of Hartford has canceled all weekday and weekend Masses and is suspending funeral masses. Effective Tuesday, all churches of the archdiocese, which covers New Haven, Litchfield and Hartford counties, are directed to cancel weekend and weekday Masses through April 3. This is in an effort to comply with Centers for…

This week the Archdiocese of Hartford announced precautions in the face of growing fears as the novel coronavirus spreads. Those steps include avoiding handshaking in church, modifications to Communion and collection baskets should only be handled by ushers. Church leaders urge people who are sick not to even attend Mass. The Vatican recently announced Pope Francis was suffering from a…

The suspect in the mass shooting in El Paso has been indicted on a capital murder charge.

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people. Military forces and police armed with assault rifles patrolled the streets leading to churches and stood guard outside the compounds. Everyone entering was required to produce identity cards and was body searched. Volunteers were...

As Frankie Hernandez drove home from work Friday, he encountered the wild scene of a road rage incident on the Massachusetts Turnpike and knew he had to do something.

Centers for Disease Control’s Dr. Tom Frieden says the government wasn’t aggressive enough in containing Ebola.