German 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…
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In 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 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…
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,…
Continue ReadingHer 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…
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 ReadingCyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ top diplomat says his country stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons…
Continue ReadingThousands greet the winter solstice at the ancient Stonehenge monument
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people yearning for the promise of spring have marked the dawn of the shortest day of the…
Continue ReadingPope has a cold and will skip outdoor Sunday prayer ahead of a busy week
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will deliver his Sunday blessing from indoors, the Vatican said, announcing…
Continue ReadingUkrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged…
Continue ReadingA rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass,…
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Winter begins today, rainy and mild pattern
Although today is the first day of Winter 2024-25 it feels more like the middle of Fall. Highs will once again reach the upper 40s and low 50s as…
Continue ReadingGermans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market
Associated Press MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove…
Continue ReadingFlorida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the…
Continue ReadingFarmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
Associated Press LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after…
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