Month: December 2019

Heavy rains have prompted flood warnings on each of the country’s coast as millions are threatened with flood or wind damage. A second round of rain was drenching northern and central California Sunday morning, with up to three inches of rain likely and snow in higher elevations, the National Weather Service said. Officials warned of

A teenager who has been missing for two and half years has been found alive in a closet of a child pornography suspect in west Germany, police said. The 15-year old boy was found on Friday during a police search in Recklinghausen, in the German state on North Rhine-Westphalia. Police were searching a home of

The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles have a lot riding on Sunday’s game. Whichever team wins will likely be through to the postseason, leaving their bitter rival behind. “This is a fun time to be playing football. It’s the best of it. As a kid, this is the time you want to play, when every

The year in royal news was marked by sweet moments, from the birth of a baby to a princess’ engagement. But it also featured a dose of reality for some royal family members — acknowledging the pressures behind palace walls, and how those walls don’t always protect them from public scrutiny. 1. Birth of baby

Hallmark recalled over 4,000 candles Friday just ahead of the holidays. When the company’s frosted balsam jar candles are lit, the glass jar can break causing possible fire and laceration hazards, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The company received six reports of the glass jar breaking, resulting in fire damage to nearby items.

The ceremony celebrating Tessa Majors’ life did just that: there was music, dancing and poetry delivered by some of the slain college student’s closest friends. Majors, 18, was a freshman at Barnard College. She was killed earlier this month just blocks away from the Manhattan school. On Saturday, more than 1,000 people attended a private

The New England Patriots clinched their 11th straight AFC East championship Saturday, beating the Buffalo Bills 24-17 with a come-from-behind effort led by quarterback Tom Brady. Playing before the home crowd at Foxborough, Massachusetts, New England overcame a 17-13 deficit with consecutive scoring drives, then sealed the deal by stopping a Bill’s drive in the

At the start of this year, as Zimbabwe cut off internet access across the country following anti-government protests, the internet pressure group Keep It On warned that such “shutdowns must never be allowed to become the new normal.” Twelve months later, however, that’s exactly where we are. An ongoing internet blackout in Indian-controlled Kashmir is

Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a fire that tore through Philadelphia row houses on Thursday, according to Kathy Matheson, communications director for the Philadelphia Fire Department. Matheson said the fire department recovered one victim Friday and the other victim Saturday. Their identities have not been released. Authorities had been searching for

Authorities in New York have announced a wide-ranging investigation that resulted in criminal charges against 96 MS-13 gang members on Long Island. The two-year investigation resulted in what Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini called the biggest takedown of a street gang in New York state. The charges include murder, murder conspiracy, drug trafficking, weapons

Welcome back to the Black Parade. Beloved emo rock band My Chemical Romance returned to the concert stage on Friday for the first time in seven years. The band, which broke up in 2013, reunited at a sold-out Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Fans who lined up and camped out for hours — and

“Size matters not,” as Jedi Master Yoda once said. But these tiny newborn babies dressed up as Christmas-themed Baby Yodas are the cutest things we’ve ever seen. A nurse at the UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh crocheted a bunch of adorable Santa Claus hats with Baby Yoda’s iconic green ears. “We celebrate babies being born