Adam Sandler is still having ‘funukah’ with his ‘Chanukah Song’ at 30, and so is my family
By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of “Saturday Night Live’s” holiday episode, a performance on the show by Adam Sandler 30 years…
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How to see the Ursids, the final meteor shower that peaks in 2024
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Look up to see the Ursid meteor shower, the final celestial display of the year, on Sunday morning. The…
Continue Reading38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state…
Continue ReadingGerman Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim…
Continue ReadingIn a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
AP National Writer Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since…
Continue ReadingLos drones continúan volando sobre las bases de EE.UU. y el ejército no está seguro de por qué ni cómo detenerlos
Por Haley Britzky, CNN Una serie de avistamientos de drones sobre bases militares en todo el país ha planteado preocupaciones sobre que EE.UU. no…
Continue Reading13 people including children die in stampedes in Nigeria at Christmas charity events
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 13 people, including four children, were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated around the world
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive…
Continue ReadingIt’s eggnog season. The boozy beverage dates back to medieval England but remains a holiday hit
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Scoma’s Restaurant in San Francisco, this holiday season ‘s batch of eggnog began 11 months ago.…
Continue ReadingTen people including children die in a stampede in Nigeria at a Christmas food distribution event
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in the capital city as a large…
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Breastfeeding can be hard and lonely. These women are trying to change that
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — In the hours after her daughter was born, Andrea Ippolito already felt like she was falling…
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Deck the halls (extra carefully): Common Christmas injuries, illustrated
By Amy O’Kruk, CNN Anyone who’s seen December classics like “Home Alone” or “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” knows that holiday…
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‘A sort of superpower’: Unexpected revelations made possible by AI in 2024
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Charred to a crisp, the hundreds of brittle ancient scrolls would crumble if one were to attempt to unfurl them, and…
Continue ReadingSenate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by…
Continue ReadingFalse rape allegations like the Duke scandal aren’t common enough to justify withholding support from victims, advocates say
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — When Katie Koestner was a college freshman, a boy she liked took her out to dinner. They went on a few more dates,…
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Her surprise bestseller offers a holiday message Americans need to hear
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — On a cool, breezy Monday afternoon, a crowd of drunken, rowdy men gathering in the nation’s capital stared in…
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Durbin uses new report to accuse Justices Thomas and Alito of violating disclosure laws
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A top Senate Democrat on Saturday accused conservative Supreme Court justices of violating federal disclosure laws…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
Associated Press MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — A week after Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, the island remains in crisis.…
Continue ReadingThe top teams snubbed from the College Football Playoff and what they are doing instead
By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — College Football Playoff season has finally arrived, and over the course of the next four weeks, the best…
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