Sam McNeil, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Smoke and fire rise from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, early Friday, April 7, 2023. The Israeli military struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday, pushing the region closer toward a wider conflagration after a day of rocket fire along the country's northern and southern borders following two days of unrest at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Israel strikes targets in Gaza, drawing new rocket barrage

by Isabel Debre Associated Press, and Sam McNeil Associated PressApril 6, 2023

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday, pushing the region toward a wider conflagration after a day of rocket fire along the country’s northern and southern borders following two days of unrest at Jerusalem’s…

Two clownfish swim in an anemone on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. The Great Barrier Reef, battered but not broken by climate change impacts, is inspiring hope and worry alike as researchers race to understand how it can survive a warming world. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

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Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef health

by Sam McNeil Associated PressNovember 17, 2022

Spectators cheer during a preliminary round men's hockey game between China and Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

China crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators

by Sam McNeil Associated PressFebruary 15, 2022

A resident gets a ride from her dog along a retail street in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Released from their apartments after a 2 1/2-month quarantine, residents of the city where the coronavirus pandemic began are cautiously returning to shopping and strolling in the street but say they still go out little and keep children home while they wait for schools to reopen. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Wuhan revives amid thicket of controls

by Sam McNeil Associated Press, and Joe McDonald Associated PressApril 9, 2020

Volunteer firefighter Ash Graham camps on the lawn near the fire station at Nerrigundah, Australia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, since losing his house and his dog when a wildfire ripped through the town on New Year's Eve. The tiny village of Nerrigundah in New South Wales has been among the hardest hit by Australia's devastating wildfires, with about two thirds of the homes destroyed and a 71-year-old man killed. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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Scorched by fire, struggling with loss

by Nick Perry Associated Press, and Sam McNeil Associated PressJanuary 14, 2020

A woman leaves with a child after telling the media she came to withdraw the child from the RYB kindergarten in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. Chinese authorities are investigating allegations that children attending the RYB kindergarten in Beijing run by a U.S.-listed company have been abused and molested. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese parents demand answers to kindergarten abuse claims

by Yi-Ling Liu Associated Press, and Sam McNeil Associated PressNovember 24, 2017

In this picture taken on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, US navy sailors prepare turkeys for the Thanksgiving dinner aboard the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. While millions of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with family and home-cooked meals, the 5,200 sailors aboard the USS Eisenhower are busy launching fighter jets armed with bombs and precision missiles to strike Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Navy serves up turkey alongside sorties

by Sam McNeil Associated Press, and Petr David Josek Associated PressNovember 23, 2016