Holly the Elf brings Christmas joy to Chicago area kids in the hospital through Holiday Heroes
By Noel Brennan Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The hospital is no place for a kid to be around…
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Judge reinstates Ecuador’s vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian judge has reinstated Vice President Verónica Abad to her role and lifted the five-month suspension imposed…
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Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell suffered dislocated knee, a torn ACL and other damage, head coach DeMeco Ryans said
By Jill Martin and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell is out for the rest of the season after suffering a…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Brooklyn businessman will plead guilty to conspiracy charge in case against Mayor Adams
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel…
Continue ReadingPrepárate para el frío y las lluvias: este es el pronóstico del tiempo en México para Nochebuena y Navidad
Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español La época navideña en México suele venir acompañada de ambiente frío en distintas partes del país debido al…
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Video shows fireworks exploding as 2 homes are destroyed in Massachusetts fire
By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story SPENCER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Crews encountered exploding fireworks…
Continue ReadingNigerian agency ‘failed completely’ to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say
Associated Press As it crossed the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite imaged acres of bare land. The site outside the city of Port Harcourt was on a…
Continue ReadingFAA probes holiday drone show accident that injured a boy in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky…
Continue Reading2 men arrested after 14-mile chase of car stolen from home in Miami
By Allen Cone Click here for updates on this story HIALEAH, Florida (WFOR) — Two 19-year-olds were arrested Monday and…
Continue ReadingHundreds march in Croatia for safer schools after a student is killed in a knife attack
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia’s capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other…
Continue ReadingUN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious…
Continue ReadingRelief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations
Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row…
Continue ReadingAlbuquerque Fire Rescue and Santa bring holiday cheer to homeless children
By Ron Burke Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque Fire Rescue and the US…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s most active volcanoes — Hawaii’s Kilauea — is erupting again
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — Lava is bubbling through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, which is Kilauea,…
Continue ReadingMarianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in ‘Hard Truths’
AP Film Writer Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s…
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Francis Ford Coppola shares harrowing story of being a polio survivor
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has vivid memories of his experience surviving polio. In…
Continue ReadingHow to watch the NFL’s Christmas Day games – and Beyoncé’s halftime show, of course
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — This holiday, the NFL is giving us the gift of a Christmas Day Beyoncé performance. The “Texas Hold ‘Em”…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL great Michael Vick introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Michael Vick has been introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy,…
Continue ReadingFormer Greek royal family expresses ‘deep emotion’ after regaining citizenship
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion” after being granted Greek…
Continue ReadingNebraska governor’s prognosis is good after falling from a horse
Associated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s doctors say they are pleased with his prognosis after the governor was injured by a horse bucking…
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