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Month: November 2023

Calling all elves: USPS Operation Santa seeks helps willing to open hearts, adopt letters to North Pole

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Are you interested in sending children and families some holiday magic this season? You can now adopt a letter written to Santa by going to USPSOperationSanta.com. In response to customer requests, this year marked the first time the U.S. Postal Service has opened the program before Black Friday. USPS Operation Santa turns

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Hiam Abbass’ Palestinian family documentary ‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ applauded at Marrakech Film Festival

By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A documentary about Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass that depicts how four generations of women in her family were shaped by exile has premiered before an emotional audience in Marrakech. The Marrakech International Film Festival began last week in the Moroccan city, bringing American and international movie

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Most school shootings aren’t mass killings, study finds, and they’re often driven by community violence

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Many Americans think of school shootings as mass casualty events involving an adolescent with an assault-style weapon. But a new study says that most recent school shootings orchestrated by teenagers do not fit that image — and they are often related to community violence. The study, published Monday in

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A Dutch museum has sent Crimean treasures to Kyiv after a legal tug-of-war between Russia, Ukraine

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam museum says historical treasures that were stored there for years during an ownership dispute sparked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea have been safely transported to Ukraine. Their transport ends a nearly decade-long legal tug-of-war over the artifacts that include a solid gold Scythian helmet from the 4th century

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Prosecutor says Young Thug was ‘proclaimed leader’ of violent street gang at racketeering trial openings

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors accused Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug of leading a criminal street gang that committed murder and a slew of violent crimes in the Atlanta area over the past decade during opening statements of his racketeering trial Monday. Fulton County Chief Deputy District Attorney Adriane Love said YSL – the

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What is no-fault divorce, and why do some conservatives want to get rid of it?

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Following what some conservatives view as legal victories on the battlegrounds of abortion rights and affirmative action, a number of politicians and influencers are turning their attention to another long-held construct: No-fault divorce. Right-wing commentators like Steven Crowder and Matt Walsh have ramped up complaints in recent months that it is too easy for people

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