As the expanding Mideast war nears a one-year milestone, Israel launched targeted strikes in Lebanon overnight, where the conflict pushed further north.

An Israeli airstrike hit a mosque in central Gaza early Sunday. Israeli planes also lit up the skyline across the southern suburbs of Beirut, striking what the military said were Hezbollah targets.

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals who will one day elect his successor.

There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.

Aram Khachaturian, the Armenian composer, wrote the score for the 1949 Soviet war film The Battle of Stalingrad, which depicts the World War II battle of the same name. The film score vividly depicts aspects of the battle, which has been described as one of the single biggest and bloodiest battles in military history. The low estimates for the deaths on both sides exceed 1.1 million soldiers. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features a wind-band arrangement of the movie score performed by the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra.

Longtime Sundial contributor Joyce Billingsley introduces us to her quirky Aunt Emma.

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